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THE STOCKING ANCESTRY 

The date usually accepted as that on which surnames came into recog- 
nized use is A D looo. Thev were more generally names borrowed from 
estates on which their wearers resided, and they, therefore, indicate origi- 
nal landed proprietors. In process of time, the use of surnames was 
extended to natural objects, and later on, to the professions and trades, 
and even to personal traits and characteristics. On the accession of 
William the Conqueror to the English crown, he caused to be published, in 
1083-86 a survev of the demesnes in his new kingdom, with their metes 
and bounds, description of lands, varieties of tenures, classes of persons, 
kinds of monev, statistical accounts, and historical matters. From these 
William ascertained a knowledge of the possessions of the crown, the num- 
ber of land-holders, the military strength, and best sources ot revenue 
This publication was known as Domesday Book. It was the first record 
published at the cost of the nation; in two volumes, it forms until the 
present dav the basis of historical records of those ancient times, and fixes 
the domiciles of all the then families of position and respectability. 
Among these ancient families was that of Stocking-ha, or Stockmg-ham, 
the suffix ham being the old Saxon Iteim, the old Enghsh ham used by 
Chaucer, from which comes the modern home. Hence Stockmg-ham was 

the home of the Stockings. 

On the return of Edward III. from Palestine in 1273, after the death ot 
his father Henrv II.. he caused to be made a fresh inquiry about the 
demesnes of the crown, and of its rights and revenues, many of which had 
been usurped bv the clerg>' and laity during the preceding turbulent 
reign The inquisition being made on oath of each hundred heads of 
families this roval record was called Rotiili Himdrcdomm (Rolls of the 
Hundreds). In 'this record is found the name of the Stockings De 
Stocking, the •• De" (of or from) thus fixing the estate of the family, which 
Domesday Book locates in Suffolk. England, and not in Scotland or 
Wales, as some traditions have asserted. 

From this ancient family came George Stocking, the first and only one 
of the name known to have emigrated to America. His name was spelled 
Stocken, Stockin, and Stocking, indifferently. As no subject of the 
English crown could secure the royal permission to cross the high seas 
without first taking the oath of allegiance to the king and pariiament, 
and that of conformity to the Established Church, together with a cer- 
tificate from a justice of the peace and from their parish ministers that he 



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was "no subsidy man," all who refused to do so were compelled to leave 
the country in a virtually surreptitious manner. George Stockmg, his 
wife and four children, were Dissenters, and members of the party of 
Rev' Thomas Hooker. Thev sailed from England in the ship Gnfiin, and 
landed in Boston in 1633. George built a house at Cambridge, and there he 
lived for two years, when dissensions having arisen among the different con- 
gregations of the colonv, Hooker organized a new company and congregation 
of one hundred souls, and struck out for the Connecticut River Valley, the 
women on horseback, the men on foot. The journey occupied two weeks, 
in which time their eyes were gladdened by the sight of the noble river, 
and on its banks thev founded beautiful Hartford. 

It will be seen from the following records that the Stockings were a 
hardy long-lived, and enterprising family, and that the spirit of emi- 
gration was inherited by many successive generations. George's only son 
removed to Middletown, Conn., and became the progenitor of a numerous 
and vigorous posterity, who swarmed eastward into Massachusetts, and 
westward through unbroken forests, pioneers of patient courage and fear- 
less perseverance, until their homes were bounded by the Atlantic and 
Pacific Oceans, by Upper Canada and the Gulf of Mexico. 

They have been largelv interested in religious, educational, and political 
matters, the majority being Methodists in faith, and Whigs, Free-Soilers, 
and Republicans in politics. Few families have had so many centena- 
rians, and though some have died in prison, it was as patriots, and nbt as 
criminals. Not one of them is thus far known to have been the defendant 
in a criminal proceeding. 



1 George Stocking and Anna had: 

(2) Deacon Samuel, m. May 27, 1652, Bethia Hopkins. 

(3) Sarah, m. Samuel Olcott, of Hartford, Conn. 

(4) Lydia, m. John Richards, of Hartford, Conn. 

(5) Hannah, m. 1649, Andrew Benton. 

George wash, in Suffolk, England, about 1582, emigrated to America in 
1633, and settled in Cambridge, Mass., where, in 1635, he built a house at 
the corner of the present Holyoke and Wmthrop streets. He was made a 
freeman May 6, 1635. Joining the company of the Rev. Thomas Hooker, 
one hundred in number, he traveled on foot through the intervening wilder- 
ness to the Connecticut River m 1636. and was one of the ongmal founders 
of the city of Hartford, and a prominent proprietor. In the general distri- 
bution of land, he received twenty acres, -on the south side of the road 



The Stocking Ancestry 3 

fiom George Steel's, to the south meadow," other grants being made later 
on. On the death of Anna, whom he had married in England, he is 
understood to have m. 2d Agnes (Shotwell) Webster, widow of John Web- 
ster, governor of the colony. He took from the first an active part in local 
affairs; was selectman in 1647; surveyor of highways in 1654, and '62; 
chimney viewer in 1659, and was excused from mihtary duty in 1660, 
owing to "great age." He d. May 25, 1683, aged loi years, and his name 
is inscribed on a large monument erected to the memory of Hooker's 
party, and which now stands in the old Center Church burying-ground in 
Hartford. 

Last will and testament of George Stocking : 

"15 July, 1673. 

"George Stocking of Hartford upon the River of Connecticut planter 
dos in this my last Will and Testament Give unto Anne my Wife all my 
housings bam orchards homelott upland and meadow & swamp land 
catties and all other estate for her to use during the time of her life, and 
after her decease to be disposed of as follows. I doe give to my daughter 
Lidia Richaids the wife of John Richards The sum of ;^i4. and do also 
give to my dau Sarah Olcott the wife of Samuel Olcott the sum of ;^io. 
I doe also give unto the six children of Andrew Benton, that is to Andrew 
Benton. Jr., John Benton, Samuel Benton, Joseph Benton, Mary Benton, 
and Dorothy Benton, the sum of ;^i2. to be divided among them I doe 
hereby give unto Hannah Camp one Mare My will is that these legacies 
be discharged within one year next after my wifes decease. My will also 
is that my wife shall keep the housing and barn in repair unless something 
more than ordinary befall any of them, the remainder of my estate to 
my son Samuel Stocking and make him my executor. The land to pay 
its due proportion to the Ministry of the New Meeting house. I desire 
Gregory Wollerton and St Bull to be overseers 

"George Stocking (seal) 

"Witness 

"Gregory Wollerton 

"George Grave, Sen." 



2 Samuel and Bethia Hopkins had: 

(6) Hannah, b. October 30, 1654. d. before 1683. 

(7) Samuel, b. October 19, 1656. d. December 2, 1697. unm. Left 

an estate of £327 to his brothers, John, George, and Daniel, 
and two sisters. 



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(8) Bethia, b. October lo, 1658. m. October 16, 1675, Thomas Stow, 

of Middletown, Conn. 

(9) John, b. September 24, 1660. "A distracted person." unm. 

(10) Lydia, b. Jan. 20, 1662. m. Joseph Howell, of Southampton, L. I. 

(11) George, b. February 20, 1664. m. Elizabeth . 

(12) Ebenezer, b. February 2^, 1666. d. befoie 1697. 

(13) Steven, b. March 23, 1673. d. before 1697. 

(14) Daniel, b. April 14, 1677. m. August 27, 1700, Jane Mould, of 

New London, Conn. 

Deacon Samuel was b. in England; emigrated with his father in 1633, 
and in 1650 rem. from Hartford to Middletown, Conn., where he became 
one of its foundeis, and was one of the three signers of the Indian deed of 
Middletown. He was the first deacon in the Middletown church, organized 
in 1668, and was representative in the state assembly in 1658, '59, '65, 
'69, '74, '77, and '81. His house stood in Upper Middletown. now the town 
of Cromwell. Deacon Samuel d. December 3, 1683, and his widow m. 2d 
James Steele, of Hartford. Samuel was a sergeant in King Philip's war. 
He was an extensive ship builder and owner. His estate, inventoried at 
;^648-o8-o8, was divided among all his children then living, the land on 
the east side of the Connecticut River being left to his sons George and 
Ebenezer, and £^ in cash to his pastor. Rev. Nathaniel Collins. 

Bethia was the dau. of John and Jane Hopkins, and granddaughter of 
Samuel Hopkins, one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact, in 1620. 
He was a membei of Capt. Miles Standish's military company, February, 
1621; was sent by Gov. Bradford with Edward Wmslow (afterward gov- 
ernor) on a special mission to Massasoit, the Indian chief; member of 
Governor's Council, 1632-36; volunteer in 1637 in aid of Mass. and Conn, 
colonists against the Pequots; member of Council of War for Plymouth, 
1643. Samuel had two other sons, Joseph and Nathaniel, who d. before 
1683. 



3 Sarah Stocking and Samuel Olcott had: 

(15) Sarah. 

(16) Mary. 

(17) Elizabeth. 

(18) Thomas. 

(19) George. 

Samuel d. 1704; will probated April 12, 1704; res. Hartford, Conn. 



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4 Lydia Stocking and John Richards had: 

(20) Jolin, m. 1686. 

(21) bea. Thomas, b. 1666, d. April 9. i749- m. 1691, Mary Parsons. 

(22) Samuel, m. 1697, Hannah Henbury. He d. at Hartford. 1732-3- 

Lydia •■covenanted" with the church at Hartford, and was Uving July 
12, 1712. John Richards was b. 1631, and was hving July 12, 1712. 
They had many descendants, among them being the Richardses of Orange, 
N J of whom were Drs. George and George Herbert Richards, father 
and son; also Miss Juliette A. Turner, 201 W. 117th St., New York City, 
in the following line: 

Deacon Thomas and Mary Parsons. 

Abigail Richards (i 702) and John Turner. 

Samuel Turner (1730) and Sarah Howe. 

Solomon Turner (1767) and Sarah Jencks. 

Myron Turner (1800) and Louisa E. Sherer. 

Juliette A. T. Turner. 1846. 



5 Hannah Stocking and Andrew Benton had: 

(23) John, bap. April 14, 1650. d. 1650 "by his mother in ye bed in 

ye night." 

(24) Hannah, bap. November 23. 1651. m. Joseph Root. 

(25) Andrew, bap. August 14, 1653- m. Sarah Chatterton, of New 

Haven. 

(26) Mary. bap. April 15, 1655. m. Matthew Woodruff. 

(27) John. b. October 7, 1656.* 

(28) Samuel, b. August 15. 1658. 

(29) Joseph, b. 1660. m. Mary Woodruff, d. August 12. 1753. 

(30) Dorothy. 

Hannah Stocking was the youngest daughter of George and Anna 
Stocking, of Hartford, Conn. Andrew Benton came from England be- 
tween 1630 and 1635. He was one of the original settlers in Milford, 
Conn., in 1639, and was allotted lot 64; admitted to the church in Milford 
March 5, 1648. Hannah was admitted October 13, 1650. Andrew rem. 
to Hartford in 1660; was elected viewer of fences in 1663; was creditor 
of Nathaniel Greensmith, who was executed for witchcraft at Hartford, 
January 25, 1663; served as juror, 1664; was admitted freeman in Hart- 
ford, May II, 1665. 



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8 Bethiah Stocking and Thomas Stow had: 

(31) Bethiah, b. April 6, 1678. d. young. 

(32) Dea. Samuel, bap. October, 1681. m. February 8, 1705, Esther 

Mould. 

(33) Bethiah, b. February 22, 1685. 

(34) Mary, b. August, 1688. 

(35) Thomas, b. May 7, 1691. m. Martha White. 

(36) Hannah, b. February 11, 1696. m. March 3, 1718, John Kirby. 

(37) Joseph, b. August 3, 1703. m. Sarah Bulkley. 

Bethiah d. November 6, 1732. Thomas Stow d. March 30. 1730. Res. 
Upper Middletown. Dea. Samuel Stow and Esther Mould had Stephen; 
m. Freelove Baldwin. They had William; m. Elizabeth Baldwin, who had 
Charlotte, m. William Tuttle; who had George F. Tuttle, of New Haven, 
Conn. 

9 John Stocking 

was evidentlv afflicted with some form of mental infirmity, for in 1698 he 
was adjudged to be mentally incapable of selling his estate. He entered 
a formal complaint the year previous against his brother-in-law, Thomas 
Stow, for disabling his horse, and for appropriating unlawfully his saddle 
and furniture. The complaint was adjudged groundless, but Thomas was 
ordered to restore the saddle to the plaintiff. His estate was inventoried 
March 29, 1726, so that he must have died that year, aged 66. 



1 1 George Stocking and Elizabeth had: 

(38) Steven, b. August 20, 1694. m. July i, 1722, Ehzabeth Hall. 

m. 2d widow Sarah Andrews, February 24, i757- 

(39) Elizabeth, b. March 6, 1697. m. December 8, 1736, John Payne, 

of East Middletown. 

(40) Samuel, b. October 16, 1700. m. July 20, 1726, Abiah Boardman. 

(41) Bethia. b. April 12, 1703. m. June 8. 1727, John Churchill, of 

East Middletown. 

(42) Captain George, b. August 16, 1705. m. March i, 1727. ^lary 

(Mercy) Savage. 

(43) Nathaniel, b. June 28, 1709. m- January 7, 1/34, Abigail Cooper. 

George rem. from Upper Middletown to East Middletown (later Chat- 
ham, now Portland) before 1710. He d. February 17, 17M. and is buried 



The Stocking Ancestry 7 

in the old cemetery in Portland. He left to his six children, all then hving, 

an estate valued at £359-09-01- 

His widow m. 2d Deacon Samuel Hall, of East Middletown, and d. 
'i- there November 16, 1787. 

George was one of a committee to build a church, and was put under 
bonds, March 17, 17 10, to see that the work was well done. 



14 Daniel Stocking and Jane Mould had: 

(44) Daniel, b. May 10, 1701. Probably d. young. 

(45) Capt. Joseph, b. February 27, 1703. m. December 20, 1726, 

Abigail Ranney. m. 2d widow Hannah (Pitkin) Magill. 

(46) Ebenezer, b. November 23, 1704. d. September 20, 1762. 

(47) Capt. John, b. July 14, 1707. m. December 27, 1749, Mary Hall. 

She m. 2d, January 10, 1751, Nathaniel Chauncey. 

(48) Jonathan, b. October i, 1709. m. Patience . m. 2d, Octo- 

ber 8, 1747, Sarah Wilcox. 

(49) Jane, b. December 19, 171 1. m. April 17, 1730, Nicholas Ayrault. 

(50) Elisha, b. March 25, 1714- m. January 26, 1737, Rachel Ranney. 

David res. in Upper Middletown, Conn., where he d. 1733. Jane was 
dau. of Hugh and Martha (Coit) Mould, of New London, Conn. She d. 
April I, 1758. 



38 Steven Stocking and Elizabeth Hall had: 

(51) Joseph, b. Jime 28, 1723. m. November i, 1753, widow Sarah 

(Shepherd) Cornwall. 

(52) Steven, b. August 15, 1724. m. July 14, 1752, Mary Andrews. 

(53) Ehzabeth, b. June i, 1726. 

(54) Sarah, b. January 24, 1728. m. April 17, 1746, Deacon David 

Sage, of Chatham. 

(55) David, b. September 20, 1730. m. July 14, 1753, Abigail Spencer. 

(56) Lois, b. July 15, 1733. d. young. 

(57) Amos, b. August 7, 1736. d. September 15, 1762. 

Elizabeth was from Portland, Conn. 

Steven res. in Chatham, Conn.; was commissioned ensign of militia in 
1732. m. 2d, February 24 1757, widow Sarah Andrews, who d. July 29. 
1790. He d. 1789. 



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40 Samuel Stocking and Abiah Boardman had: 

(58) Samuel, b. June 17, 1727. 

(59) Elijah, b. December 30, 1728. m. Hannah . 

(60) Marshall, b. August 15, 1730. m. Anne ; m. 2d, September 

3, 1767. Esther Tryon. 

(61) Benjamin, b. July i, 1732. m. Phoebe Washburn; m. 2d, Janu- 

ary 7, 1789, widow Mary Stocking. 

(62) Abigail, bap. June 30, 1734. m. Benjamin Hale. 

(63) Ruth, bap. October 3, 1736. m. John Penfield. 

(64) Moses, bap. January 5, 1739. 

(65) Abiah, tap. June 15. 1741. m. Zaccheus Goodrich, of Middletown 

(66) Prudence, bap. November 3, 1745. m. Nathaniel Goodrich. He 

d. December 9, 1773. 

Samuel lived in Chatham, Conn., where he died July 21. 1772. Abiah 
d. October 1^, 1762. 



41 Bethiah Stocking and John Churchill had: 

S^'t'^'k't'''''^'''^''- ^•J^^y^3,i798. m. George Cooper. 
(68); John, b. January 25, 1 730. d. young 

(69) Hannah, bap. April n, 1731. m. Josiah Pelton 

(70) Joseph, bap. January 27, 1734. 

(71) Lydia, bap. May 23, 1737. d. young. 

(72) Elizabeth, bap. June 16, 1747. 

(73) Lydia, bap. June 16, 1747. 

(74) Prudence, bap. June 16, 1747. 

(75) S^^^^_,b.^744; d. September „. 1828. m. February ix. X761 

Ehsha Hurl but. > / . 

Res. East Middletown, Conn. 



42 Capt. George and Mercy Savage had- 

gins. February 8, 1749, Ruth Hig 

(17) Marv iTr ''■ '"" "■ J'""^^-^ ''■ ■"^- P"^""- Mayo. 
(79) Mary. January ,., .^j. „,. j,„uary .3, ,„., George Hubbard. 



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(80) Hezekiah, b. Febfuary i, 1737. m. HametWilliams. 

(81) Lucy, b. August 8, 1739. m. July 21, 1757, Sylvanus Higgins. 

(82) Martha, bap. November 8, 1741. m. January 18, 1760, Jedediah 

Hubbard. 
(S^) Reuben, bap. February 12, 1744. m. September 19, 1765, Sarah 
Hurlbut. 
: (84) Mercy, bap. May i, 1746. d. August 20, 1749. 
(85) Mercy, bap. November 26, 1752. m. August 29, 1771, James 
Brainerd. 

Capt. George res. in Middle Haddam, where he d. 1790. He served in 
the " Lexington Alarm," Capt. Eleazur Hubbard's company, which marched 
from Glastonbury; was commissioned Capt. of militia in 1752. He had a 
giist mill in Middle Haddam, the fourth parish of old Middletown, before 
1740. 



43 Nathaniel Stocking and Abigail Cooper had: 

(86) Lydia, b. October 12, 1735. m. 1756, Lemuel Smith. 

(87) Nathaniel, b. May 6, 1738. d. October 7, 1751. 

(88) Lamberton, b. February 9, 1739. m. Sarah ; m. 2d, April 21, 

1779, Mehitable Young. 

(89) Ehzabeth, b. December 12, 1741. m. May i, 1760, Jonathan 

Brainerd. 

(90) Samuel, b. November 12, 1743. m. November 29, 1764, Jane 

Higgins. d. before 1775, and widow Jane m. 2d, November 
25. 1775, Joshua Merrie. 

(91) Jemima, b. September 7, 1745. m. October 22, 1765, Capt. David 

Brooks. 

(92) Thomas, b. September 20, 1747. m. October 31, 1771, Ehzabeth 

Hurd. 

(93) Sarah, b. September 15, 1749. m. Ehsha Day. 

(94) Timothy, b, August 18, 1 751. d. November, 1753. 

(95) Ruth, b. February 2, 1756. Living in 1781. 

Nathaniel was b. in East Middletown, now Portland. Rem. to Haddam 
Neck about 1735, and d. there "in a sudden manner," January 24, 1781. 
Wife Abigail was dau. of Thos. Cooper, and great-granddaughter of Capt. 
George Lamberton, b. 1642, and whom Longfellow has immortalized in his 
poem of "The Phantom Ship." Capt. George sailed from New Haven, 
Conn., bound for London, in 1645. The ship having never been heard 
from, it was supposed to have been lost. Suddenly it again appeared in 



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the harbor, and while the citizens of the town were gazing at the unex- 
pected sight, it as suddenly disappeared, and was never heard of again. 
His dau. m. Thos. Cooper, one of the prominent founders of Springfield, 
Mass., who was killed by the Indians in 1675. 



45 Capt. Joseph Stocking and Abigail Ranney had: 

(96) Daniel, b. January 18, 1728. m. Sarah Gould, of Stratford, Conn.; 

m. 2d, April 21, 1757, Bethia Kirby. 

(97) Zebulon, b. October 6^ 1741. d. young. 

(98) Abigail, m. October 28, 1757, Thomas Goodwin, 

Capt. Joseph's wife Abigail dying, he m. 2d widow Hannah (Pitkin) 
Magill, and as the date of this marriage is not known, it is imcertain which 
of the two wives was the mother of the last two children. 

Wife Hannah d. March 26, 1783. Capt. Joseph d. October 17, 1783. 

Res. Cromwell, Conn. 



46 Ebenezer Stocking 

was a sailor, and served on board the Brigantine King George, sailing 
from Middletown for Barbadoes, October, 1746. He was then 18 years old, 
short of stature, and of a fair complexion. He d. September 20, 1762, and 
was probably unmarried, for his estate was left to his brothers Joseph 
and Elisha, to his sister, Jane, and to the heirs of his brother Jonathan. 



47 Capt. John 

was a sea captain. He lived in Upper Middletown, but was, perhaps, for 
a few years a resident of Haddam, or Middle Haddam. He d. at Statia, 
February 26, 1750, and his widow m. 2d, January 10, 1751, Nathaniel 
Chauncey. 



48 Jonathan Stocking and Patience had: 

(99) Lydia, bap. October 19, 1746. m. April 2, 1765, Capt. Samuel 
Treat. 

Patience d. October 23, 1746, and Jonathan m. 2d, October 8, 1747, 
Sarah Wilcox. Thev had: 



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(loo) Patience, bap. July 31, 1748. d. young. 

(loi) Joseph, bap. October i, 1749. m. August 4, 1774, Olive Cole, 
Berlin, Conn. 

(102) Luther, bap. March 22, 1752. m. July 17, 1775, Sarah Goodrich. 

She d. March 22, 1829. 

(103) John, b. 1756. m. 1782, Sarah Winchell. 

Jonathan was killed, October 17, 1761, by a fall from an apple-tree. 
Res. Cromwell, Conn. 



49 Jane Stocking and Capt. Nicholas Ayrault had: 

(104) James, b. September 17, 1730. 

(105) Mary Ann, b. May 6, 1733. d. young. 

(106) Mary Anne, b. February 25, 1737. d. September 5, 1741. 

(107) Daniel, b. December 8, 1738. d. March 8, 1807. m. Mary Balch, 

who d. September 5, 1852, aged 100. 
(io8) Nicholas, b. May i, 1740. d. same day. 
(109) Jane, b. March 6, 1742. 
(no) Marian, b. November 5, 1746. d. 1748. 

Jane d. October 26, 1783, in Wethersfield, Conn. Nicholas was made 
guardian of Ehsha Stocking at Wethersfield, February i, 1732. He d. 
March 29, 1749. 



50 Elisha Stocking and Rachel Ranney had: 

(ill) Lucy, b. June 10, 1737. m. November 27, 1755, Thomas Kirby! 

(112) Sarah, b. February 28, 1739. m. 1760, Nathaniel Savage. 

Rachel d. March 7, 1739, and Ehsha m. 2d, February 15, 1740, Marjery 
Wilcox, and had: 

(113) Submit, February 28, 1741. m. October 22, 1770, Hezekiah 

Goodrich. 

(114) Capt. Zebulon, bap. April 4, 1742. m. April 6, 1765, Martha 

Edwards. 

(115) Rachel, bap. June 29, 1743. m. April 2, 1765, Eli Butler. 

(116) Theodosia, bap. February 23, 1745. 

(117) John, bap. May 6, 1750. Served in Rev. War. 

(118) Elisha, bap. August 17, 1751. d. young. 

(119) Elisha, bap. April 21, 1754. m. December 15, 1793, Susannah 

Hamlin. 



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(i2o) William, bap. June 26, 1757. m. ist Elizabeth ; m. 2d Anna 

Olcott. 

Wife Marjery d. June 29, 1757, and Elisha m. 3d, February 4, 1758, 
Thankful Butler. They had: 

(121) Marjery, bap. January 7, 1759. m. October 20, 1793, James 
Porter. 

Elisha was quartermaster of troop of horse in the militia. He res. and 
d. in Upper Middletown, April 4, 1775. 



51 Capt. Joseph Stocking and widow Sarah Cornwall 
had: 

(122) Abraham, b. September 26, 1754. m. Nabby Smith. 

(123) Joseph, b. June 16, 1756. unm. 

(124) Lemuel, b. August 10, 1758. m. Tanoza ; m. 2d, May 8, 181 1, 

Ruth Ford. 

(125) Elizabeth, b. July 22, 1760. m. Timothy Perkins, of Ashfield, 

Mass. She d. October, 1849. 

(126) A daughter, b. November 17, 1762. 

(127) Amos, b. July 17, 1764. m. . 

(128) Sarah, b. September 22, 1770. m. September 14, 1786, Calvin 

Lazelle, of Auburn, N. Y. 

Joseph removed from East Middletown (now Portland), Conn., to Ash- 
field, Mass., before the Revolution, where he owned a large farm. Wife 
Sarah was the dau. of John and Sarah Clark Shepherd, of East Middle- 
town, and widow of William Cornwall. She was b. in 1727, and d. 1820. 

Joseph was sergeant of the Sixth Co. Second Conn. Regt., Gen. 
Joseph Spencer commanding; served under first call for troops, April, 
1775; marched to Boston; served at Roxbury, Bunker Hill, and in 
Arnold's expedition against Quebec. He d. 1819, aged 93. 



52 Steven Stocking and Mary Andrews had: 

(129) Eber, b. January 15, 1756. m. November 2, 1784, Olive Sage. 

(130) Steven, b. 1758, m. January 7, 1782, Sarah Hills. 

(131) Lois, b. 1760. m. April 11, 1776, Benjamin Abbey. 

(132) Jonathan, b. . m. April 26, 1784, Polly Allen. 

(133) David, bap. February 13, 1765. m. PhcBbe Cook. 



The Stocking Ancestry 13 

Steven was b. at Chatham, Conn., and d. there, May 2, 1775. Mary 
was b. August 10, 1732, and after Steven's death, m. 2d, Benjamin Stock- 
ing. She d. May 9, 1825. 



54 Sarah Stocking and Dea. David Sage had: 

(134) David, b. February 25, 1747. 

(135) Joseph, b. July 28, 1748. 

(136) Noah, b. March i, 1750. 

(137) Enoch, b. February 16, 1752. 

(138) Ebenezer, b. August 16, 1755. 

(139) Abner, 1758. 

(140) Ruth, 1761. 

(141) Sarah, 1765. 

(142) Mary, 1769. 

Sarah was b. in Chatham, Conn. Dea. David was b. 1718; d. 1803. 



55 David Stocking and Abigail Spencer had: 

(143) EHzabeth, b. December 21, 1754. m. 

(144) Azubah, b. August 9, 1757. 

(145) Abigail, b. March 25, 1760. m. December 12, 1788, Alexander 

Alvord. 

(146) Huldah, b. December 27, 1762. m. March 29, 1795, John 

Mitchell. 

(147) Rachel, b. January 4, 1765. m. Senior Beach. 

David res. in East Haddam, Conn., where he d. March 3, 1807. Abigail, 
his wife, was b. 1727, and d. July 25, 1810. 



59 EHjah Stocking and Hannah had: 

(149) Hannah, b. 1758. 

(150) Samuel, b. 1759. m. Mrs. Young. 

(151) John, b. May 5, 1763. m. Deborah Hurlbut. 

(152) Abigail, b. 1766. m. Timothy Hurlbut. 

(153) Elijah, bap. March 29, 1769. d. young. 

(154) Elijah, bap. March 19, 1769. m. January 2, 1794, Mary Sage. 

(155) David, bap. 1770. 



,4 The Stocking Ancestry 

(ts6) Joel. bap. August 24.^1774. m. May 22, 1817, Catherine Wilcox. 
Rem. to Medina, '0. 

(157) Jared, bap. November 2, 1777- Rem. to Durham, N. Y. 

(158) Joseph. 

Elijah res. in Chatham, Conn., where he d. January 19, 1807. Hannah 
d. there, December i, 1807. 



60 Marshall Stocking and Anne had: 

(159) Prudence, bap. January 29, 1752- m. December 19, 1773. Na- 

thaniel Goodrich. 

(160) Jemima, bap. December 28, 1754- 

(161) Eunice, bap. January 25, 1756. m. July 11, i774, Ephraim 

Bowers. 

(162) Marshall, m. February 5, 1783. Anna Bartlett. 

(163) Anne. d. May 2, 1775. 

Wife Anne dying, Marshall m. 2d, September 3, 1767, Esther Tryon. 
They had: 

(164) Aseph, bap. July 10, 1768. 

(165) Samuel, bap. December 6, 1772. m. . 

(166) Esther, bap. October 11, 1774- m. July 26, 1791, Theodore Mor- 

gan, West Hartford. 

(167) Ruth, bap. August 17, 1777. 

Marshall res. in Chatham. Esther, his wife, d. there October 16, 1779. 



61 Benjamin Stocking and Phoebe Washburn had: 

(168) Benjamin, b. December 17, 1753. 

(169) Phoebe, bap. October 28, 1756. m. 1784, Bates. 

(170) Joseph, bap. October 28, 1756. 

(171) Sarah, b. February 26, 1758. m. September 30, 1777, Gideon 

Hurlbut. 

(172) Moses, b. June 12, 1760. m. November 17, 1785, Elizabeth 

Pelton. 

(173) Lucy, bap. August 18, 1762. d. young. 

(174) Grace, b. May 8, 1763. m. ist, July 2, 1782, Othniel Brainerd; 

m. 2d, December i, 1785, Joseph Wilcox. 

(175) Lydia, bap. October i, 1764. 

(176) Lucy, bap. June 2, 1765. 



The Stocking Ancestry 15 

(177) Eleazer, b. December ii, 1769. m. October 12, 1790, Dorothy 

Edwards. She d. October 10, 1803. 

(178) Reuben, b. February 16, 1777. m. May i, 1800, Elizabeth Row- 

ley Isham. 

Wife Phoebe was b. March 27, 1738; d. November 23, 1784; and Ben- 
jamin m. 2d, January 7, 1789, Mary Andrews Stocking, widow of Steven 
Stocking. Benjamin was a tanner and shoemaker. He rem. from Chat- 
ham, Conn., to Byron, N. Y., where he d. December 4, 1808. 



62 Abigail Stocking and Benjamin Hale had: 

(179) Abigail, b. April 4, 1766. m. September 6, 1792, Seth Austin, 
b. July, 1770; d. August 20, 1801, in Pawlet, Vt. 

Benjamin Hale was b. in Chatham, Conn., 1739; d. December, 1731. 

Mrs. Harriet Ann (Austin) Townsend, of Buffalo, is a lineal descendant. 
(Seth,' Benjamin.^) She is president of the Women's Educational and 
Industrial Union in that city. 



65 Abiah Stocking and Zaccheus Goodrich had: 

(180) Lydia, b. March 18, 176 1. m. Abner Callender. 

(181) Zaccheus, b. August 18, 1762. m. Anne Bush, m. 2d Amanda 

Landon. 

(182) Jonathan, b. January 9, 1764. m. Patty Herrick. 

Zaccheus m. ist Rachel Coming, April 5, 1750, who d. May 20, 1759, 

leaving children. Prudence, Rachel, and Lucy. He m. 3d Butler; 

m. 4th Bush. 



76 George Stocking and Eunice Cobb had: 

(183) George, b. March 27, 1748. d. young. 

(184) George, b. May 15, 1750. m. December, 1771, Lois Hubbard. 

(185) Caleb, b. August 3, 1752. m. June 23, 1769, Alice Williams. 

(186) Hezekiah, b. December 25, 1754. d. young. 

(187) Hezekiah, b. July 25, 1756. d. August 23, 1777. 

(188) Nathaniel, b. June 21, 1759. d. August 23, 1777. 

(189) Ansel, b. April 3, 1763. m. January 31, 1786, Prudence Crosby. 

(190) Eunice, b. April 20, 1765. 



j(, The Stocking Ancestry 

(,91) Sabra,b.May6, 1767. m. John Strong. ,„,„„],_„„„■ 

1 Elisha, bap. April 8, .77°- m- M^''* 'S. -789, Ann Ranney. 
m. 2d, January 19. 1798. Rebecca Grover. 

George was b. in Middle Haddam; rem. to Glastonbury in 1770. He 
,<.r^ed n tteRev War, with rank of sergeant, in the " Lexington Alarm. 
Hs sorceorg and He.ek.ah served at the same time, the latter frorn 
May 4 to December to, :775. Capt. John Chester's troop. Col. Joseph 

Snencer's 2d Regt. Continental Line. , .,, . u 

' Geo ee with these two sons, and son Nathaniel, were kalled by an 
explosion in a powder-mill at East Glastonbury, Conn., where they were 
n^akine ammunition for the U. S. government, August 23 ^^77■ Wife 
Eunice was at the time returning from Boston, where she had gone on 
horseback to effect a sale of powder. When still many miles away, she 
heard the report and felt the shock of the explosion, and spurring on her 
horse she reached the scene, her horse falling dead with exhaustion. 
Elisha the youngest son, had been sent from the mill but a half-hour 
before 'on some errand, and so was saved to his bereaved mother. An old 
tea kettle brought from Nova Scotia by Nathaniel and Eunice is still pre- 
served as an interesting reHc. On petition of Eunice, the legislature 
ordered " the^heads of George and sons to be abated." 

, EPITAPH IN GLASTONBURY CEMETERY. 

"These two monuments are 

Sacred to Y^ Memory 

of Mr. George Stocking, 

who died in y® 50th 

Year of his age, & three sons ■ ; 

of him and Mrs. Eunice Stocking, 

viz. : George, who died in y^ 

28th, Hezekiah in y^ 2 2d, 

and Nathaniel who died 

in y^ 19th year of their age. 

All on y' 23d day of August, :., ^ 

A. D. 1777." 



"These unfortunate persons were 

Present at y® Powder Mill in this 

Place when it Accidentally took 

Fire & Blew up, at which Time 

They received their mortal wounds 

& expired on y^ same day." 



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The Stocking Ancestry 17 

Tl Capt. Abner Stocking and Ruth Higgins had: 

(193) Abner, b. January 2, 1753. m. February 20, 1777, Lidea Bowers. 

(194) Ruth, b. October 27, 1754. m. December 7, 1775, Lieut. Shubal 

Brooks. 

(195) Hannah, b. September 11, 1756. m. October 25, 1774, Eleazer 

Bates. 

(196) William, b. July i, 1758. 

(197) James, b. June 24, 1760. Rev. soldier. 

(198) Amasa, b. December 24, 1763. m. Mercy . 

(199) Rev. Jeremiah, b. December 8, 1767. m. September 19, 1790, 

Polly Wood; m. 2d widow Abigail Ames, who d. April 17, 
1857. 

(200) Rev. Benjamin, bap. July 15, 1770. m. August, 1789, Damaris 

Shaler, of Haddam. 

(201) Alexander, bap. January 10, 1773. m. ist Hannah Day; 2d, 

November 16, 1821, Polly Graham, of Chatham, Conn. 

Capt. Abner resided in Middle Haddam, Conn., and was a sea-captain. 
He enlisted May 6, 1775, in Capt. Ezekiel Scott's Second Company, Brig. 
Gen. Joseph Spencer's 2d Regt. ; marched to Roxbury, Mass. ; assisted at 
the siege of Boston; fought at Bunker Hill; was detached and assigned 
to the forces in Arnold's expedition against Quebec; was taken prisoner 
by the British, December 31, 1775, and after his release was honorably dis- 
charged. In the Revolution he sailed from New York in command of a 
privateer, and was one of the leaders in the Point Judith Expedition ; was 
commissioned captain of the Sixth Company, 23d Regt., Connecticut 
Militia, "Alarm List," April, 1780. 



78 John Stocking and Priscilla Mayo had: 

(202) Mary, b. September 6, 1754. 

(203) Timothy, b. June 13, 1756. Rev. soldier. 

(204) John, Jr., b. May 7, 1759. 

(205) Daniel, b. January 15, 1761. Rev. soldier. 

(206) Israel, b. November 25, 1763. Rev. soldier. 

(207) Lucy, b. April 28, 1767. 

(208) Joseph, b. July 24, 1769. 

(209) Alvin, b. July 24, 1771. 

John rem. from Middle Haddam, Conn., in 1757, to Sandisfield, Mass. 
He d. December 9, 1818. 



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1 8 The Stocking Ancestry 

79 Mary Stocking and George Hubbard had: 

(210) George, b. August 17, 1758. d. November 29, 1838. 

(211) Mehitable, b. February 16, 1762. d. October 9, 1800. 

(212) Jesse, b. June, 1764. d. November 5, 1844. 

(213) Elias, b. August 26, 1766. d. May 5, 1810. 

(214) Asa, b. January 13, 1769. 

(215) Zadok, b. January 6, 1771. d. February 8, i860. 



80 Hezekiah Stocking and Harriet Williams had: 

(216) Hezekiah, b. . m. 1801, Nancy Rathbone. 

(217) Dorothy, b. . m. Daniel Rathbone; res. Marshall, Mich. 

(218) Ellis, b. . m. Bates; m. 2d . Res. Phelpstown, 

N. Y. 

(219) Nathaniel, b. February 19, 1781. m. December 24, 1804, Camilla 

Carpenter. 

Hezekiah was b. in Middle Haddam, and rem. to Springfield, Otsego Co., 
N. Y., in 1 80 1, where he d. 



81 Lucia (Lucy) Stocking and Sylvanus Higgins had: 

(220) Sabra, b. July 26, 1762. 

(221) James, b. May 2, 1766. 



83 Reuben Stocking and Sarah Hurlbut had: 

(222) Reuben, b. August 20, 1766. 

(223) Samuel, b. December 17, 1767. m. April 7, 1789, Mary Ann 

Belden. 

(224) Lucy, b. November 22, 1769. 

(225) Steven, b. March 24, 1771. m. December i, 1793, Mehitable 

Swift. 

(226) Sally, b. September 6, 1773; m. September 21, 1791, Joel 

Bradford. 

(227) Vinia, b. June 9, 1776. m. Solon Ramsdell. 



The Stocking Ancestry 19 

(228) Hezekiah, b. November 8, 1778. m. Lois Carter. 

(229) George, b. September 30, 1781. m. September 10, 1802, Fanny 

Kurd. 

(230) Fanny, b. August 28, 1784. d. young. 

(231) Fanny, b. April 7, 1789. m. Nathan Richmond, of Fairfield, 

N. Y. 

Reuben was b. in Middle Haddam, Conn.; rem. to Enfield, Conn., and 
thence to Chardon, O., where he d. October 25, 1828. He served as lieuten- 
ant on the privateer Sampson in the Rev. War; was taken prisoner and con- 
fined in a British prison ship in N. Y. harbor, and finally released after 
suffering great hardships. He was subsequently captured by Algerine 
pirates in the Mediterranean, loaded with chains, and held for a ransom; 
being eventually released through the vigorous operations of Commodore 
Decatur. Sarah d. at Hambdon, O., February 24, 1840, aged 96. 



86 Lydia Stocking and Lemuel Smith had: 

(232) Simon, m. Ruth Mayhew (Mayo), d. at Middle Haddam. 

(233) Betsey, m. Allison, d. at Ashfield, Mass. 

(234) Jonathan, d. at Ashfield, Mass. 

(235) Samuel, res. Columbiaville, N. Y. 

(236) Lydia, m. Higgins. Res. Hamilton, N. Y. 

(237) Constant, February 25, 1759. 

(238) Eleanor, b. July 23, 1760. m. October, 1782, Paul Sears. She 

d. August 3, 1824. 

(239) Jemima, m. Jonas Griffith; m. 2d Phineas Bennet, res. Ashfield, 

Mass. 

(240) Electa, b. 1782. m. 1802, Ethan A. Clary. She d. September 

27, 1891. 

Lydia rem. from Middle Haddam to Ashfield, Mass., in 1790, and d. 
there 181 7. 



88 Lamberton Stocking and Sarah had: 

(241) Timothy, b. June 24, 1764. 

(242) Mary, b. February 16, 1767. 

(243) Sarah, b. June 18, 1770. 



20 The Stocking Ancestry 

(244) Lamberton, b. June 23, 1775. d. 1778. 

(245) Abigail, b. March 26, 1777. 

(246) Elizabeth, b. March 26, 1777. 

(247) Lucinda, b. February 24, 1778. 

Lamberton res. in Middle Haddam. Wife Sarah d. July 3, 1778, and he 
m. 2d, April 21, 1779, Mehitable Young. He served on the brig Freedom 
in Rev. War, Capt. John Cluster, August 25 to December 18, 1777. 



89 Elizabeth Stocking and Jonathan Brainerd had : 

(248) Jonathan, b. August i, 1762. 

(249) Jeremiah, b. April 14, 1765. 

(250) Jabin, b. May 15, 1768. 

(251) Elizabeth, b. August 13, 1775. 

(252) Samuel, b. February 22, 1778. 

(253) Sallie, b. April 16, 1780. 

Res. Middle Haddam, Conn. 



92 Capt. Thomas Stocking and EHzabeth Hurd had: 

(254) Joseph, bap. December 13, 1772. d. young. 

(255) Joseph, b. March 18, 1774; m. January 9, 1806, Betsey Robbins; 

m. 2d Sarah B. Sheldon. 

(256) Samuel, b. June 10, 1777. m. September 14, 1806, Phoebe 

Sheldon. 

(257) Mary Elizabeth, b. May 8, 1780. m. September 14, 1806, James 

Root. 

(258) Jared, b. 1784. m. Elizabeth Rogers. 

(259) Michael, b. 1786. d. October 5, 1820. Res. Pittsfield, Mass. 

(260) Lavinia, b. 1788. d. Novembers, 1811. unm. 

Capt. Thomas was b. in Middle Haddam; rem. to Ashfield, Mass., in 
1790, thence to Lenox, and d. at Pittsfield, June 2, 1837. He was captain 
of mihtia. EHzabeth was b. March 4, 1753, and d. November i, 1832. 



96 Daniel Stocking and Sarah Gould had: 

(261) Mary Ann, bap. March 5,1752. m. David White. 

(262) Jozeb, bap. January 16, 1755. m. Anna Sheldon. 



The Stocking Ancestry 21 



(263) Daniel, b. July 24, 1756. d. next day. 

(264) Sarah. 

Wife Sarah d. August 9, 1756, and Daniel m. 2d, November 9, 1757, 
Bethia Kirby. They had: 

(265) Daniel, bap. May 6, 1759. d. November 25, 1776. 

(266) Sarah, bap. September 21, 1760. m. October 14, 1787, Nicholas 

Fox, of East Hartford. 

(267) Samuel, bap. January 6, 1762. m. January 16, 1790, Susannah 

Morrison. 

(268) Seth, bap. February 12, 1764. m. Hannah Pratt. 

(269) Abigail, bap. October 27, 1767. m. September 16, 1785, Thomas 

Clark. 

(270) Clarissa, bap. November 12, 1769. m. March 29, 1799, Saxa 

Hooker, of Kensington, Conn. 

(271) Huldah, bap. April 5, 1772. m. March 29, 1795, Siras Wilcox. 

(272) John, bap. October 30, 1774. m. April 5, 1801, Betsey Edwards. 

Daniel res. in Upper Middletown; was a teacher of such celebrity that 
he was called "Master Stocking." He d. December 24, 1800. 

Wife Sarah was dau. of Rev. Hezekiah Gould, of Stratford, Conn. Wife 
Bethia was dau. of John and Hannah (Stowe) Kirby, of Middletown. She 
d. January 14, 1823, aged 91. 



99 Lydia Stocking and Capt. Samuel Treat had: 

(273) Patience, bap. September i, 1765. d. January 4, 1817. 

(274) Isaac, bap. October 19, 1776. Blown up in powder-mill, August 
23, 1777, Glastonbury, Conn. 

(275) Samuel, bap. February 19, 1769. d. young. 

(276) Mabel, bap. November 4, 1770. m. June 16, 1791, Simeon 

Daniels. 

(277) Samuel, bap. July 26, 1772. 

(278) Roxana, bap. March 26, 1775. d. young. 

(279) Mercy, bap. January 5, 1777. d. young. 

(280) Mercy, b. April 19, 1779. m. September 23, 1804, Horace King. 

She d. April 4, 1871. 

(281) Olive, bap. June 10, 1781. 

(282) Roxana, b. July, 1783. m. May, 1813, Ashbel Terry. She d. 

April 30, 1845. 



22 The Stocking Ancestry 

(283) Isaac, bap. March 8, 1786. d. young. 

(284) Silas, b. 1787. d. June 20, 1758. unm. 

Capt. Treat res. in Glastonbury; . was a sea captain, and was lost at sea 
in the West Indies, 1790. 



102 Luther Stocking and Sarah Goodrich had: 

(285) Ansel, b. 1776. m. Elvira Stanley. 
(285A) Alfred, b. . 

Res. rem. from Upper Middletown to Kensington, Conn. Wife Sarah 
was from New Britain, Conn. 



103 John Stocking and Sarah Winchell had: 

(286) Sarah, bap. October 24, 1784. m. William Gilbert. 

(287) John, bap. October 24, 1784. m. Deborah Sage. 

(288) Anson, b. December 21, 1786. m. April 10, 1810, Phila Miles; 

m, 2d, March 15, 1825, Flora Coe. 

(289) Candace, bap. June 14, 1789. m. Lyman Leach. Six children. 

Res. Lyons, N. Y. 

John Stocking served in the Rev. War in Capt. James Arnold's 9th 
Co., Col. David Wooster's ist Regt. Continental Line; also corporal in 
Maj, John Skinner's Co. Light Horse Inf., and in Maj. Sheldon's Regt. Light 
Horse; discharged December 24, 1776. He d. December 9, 1794, in BerHn, 
Conn. Sarah d. September 10, 1846, in Torrington, Conn. 



Ill Lucy Stocking and Thomas Kirby had: 

(290) Giles, b. 1756. d. August 7, 1776. Lost at sea. 

(291) Abel, bap. February 26, 1758. d. March 5, 1775. 

(292) Lucy, b. September 23, 1760. m. Wm. HanHn. 

(293) Thomas, b. February 7, 1762. m. Rebecca Hanlin; m. 2d, Jane 

Brown. 

(294) George, b. May 3, 1764. d. at sea, October 18, 1778. 

(295) Samuel, b. February 16, 1771. m. Abigail Sage. 

(296) Miles, b. February 2, 1772. d. July 31, 1859. m. Phoebe Camp; 

m. 2d Abigail Seward. 



The Stocking Ancestry 23 

(297) Mary, b. January lo, 1773. m. Ralph Smith. 

(298) Grace, b. January 17, 1775. m. October 11, 1837, Miles Merwin. 

She d. August 13, 1856. 

(299) Zebulon, b. February 25, 1776. m. Louisa Gibson. 

(300) Giles, b. June 16, 1777. m. Lucy Spencer. 

(301) Reuben, b. September 5, 1778. m. Molly Butler. 

(302) Betsey, b. July 11, 1779. m. April 3, 1816, Elisha Treat. She d. 

July 8, 1 86 1. 

Mr, Thomas Kirby was a descendant, in the fourth generation, of John 
Kirby, who came to this country from Rivington, Warwickshire, Eng., in 
the ship Hopewell, 1635, at the age of 12 years. He first settled in Boston; 
rem. to Hartford in 1640, thence to Wethersfield, where he owned a home- 
stead until 1652. He then became one of the original settlers and pro- 
prietors of Mattabessett (Middletown), and accumulated a large property, 
and raised a family of eleven children, whose descendants mostly reside 
near the old homestead. Mr. John Kirby d. March, 1677; Thomas Kirby 
d. July 29, 1810; Lucy Stocking, his wife, d. November 28, 1818. 



112 Sarah Stocking and Nathaniel Savage had: 

{2>'^3) John, b. December 16, 1760. 

(304) Rachel, b. September 12, 1762. 

(305) David, b. May 6, 1764. 

Res. Middletown, Conn. 



113 Submit Stocking and Hezekiah Goodrich had: 

(306) Hezekiah, b. December 28, 177 1. m. Millicent Holcomb. 

(307) Josiah, b. January 6, 1773. d. June 7, 1803. 

(308) EHzur, b. April 8, 1775. 

(309) Mary, b. September 27, 1777. d. December 4, 1840. 

(310) Lucy, b. January 18, 1880. d. March 21, 1813. 

(311) Sarah, b. March 20, 1782. 

(312) Sophronia, b. May 3, 1784. d. January 25, 1815. 

Submit d. September 13, 1786, and Hezekiah m. 2d Anna Southmayd. 
He was deputy to the General Court, 1 790-1806, and 1809-1812. He 
d. April 20, 181 7. Res. Chatham, Conn. 



24 The Stocking Ancestry 

114 Capt. Zebulon Stocking and Martha Edwards had: 

(313) Lucy, b. May 5, 1765. m. April 30, 1788, Hezekiah Warner. 

(314) David, bap. May i, 1767. 

(315) Lucretia, bap. February 17, 1769. m. May 2, 1790, Hezekiah 

Kirby. 

(316) Martha, bap. March 17, 1771; m. July 9, 1792, Israel Kelsey 

Kirby. 

(317) Harriet, bap. November 28, 1773. 

Capt. Zebulon res. in Upper Middletown, where he d. April 15, 1783; 
was a sea captain. Martha Edwards was dau. of David Edwards, Jr. 
She d. November 14, 1790. 



119 Elisha Stocking and Susannah Hamlin had: 

(318) Elisha, b. 1797. d. October 9, 1853. unm. 

(319) Henry, m. November 24, 1830, Caroline Belcher, 

Elisha, Sr., res. in Upper Middletown, where he d. March 10, 1826. 
Susannah d. August 13, 1825. Elisha served in the Rev. War, Capt. Eli 
Butler's Co., Maj. Sheldon's Regt. Light Horse Troop. 



120 WilHam Stocking and Elizabeth had: 

(320) Betsey, bap. July 22, 1782. 

(321) William, bap. August 7, 1782. d. April 7, 1787. 

(322) Luther, bap. July 3, 1783. m. 1809, Almira E. Stanley. 

(323) Nancy, bap. November 28, 1784. 

(324) Fanny, b. November i, 1785. m. September 15, 1808, William 

White. 
(324A) Wilham, d. August 13, 1787. 

Elizabeth d. November 8, 1787, and William m. 2d, January 8, 1791, 
Anna Olcott. They had: 

(325) WilHam, b. November 2, 1792. He d. at sea. unm. 

(326) George, b. February 11, 1795. m. September 20, 1821, Sarah 

Pelton. 

William lived in Upper Middletown, where he d. July 3, 1795. Anna 
was from Hartford, b. March 10, 1763. d. December 23, 1856, 



The Stocking Ancestry 25 

122 Abraham Stocking and Abigail (Nabby) Smith had: 

(327) Joseph, b. 1782. m. Jane Fisher. 

(328) George, b. May 23, 1784. m. May 15, 1809, Ann Toby; m. 2d, 

December 16, 1840, widow Mary Jackson Shippey. 

(329) Roswell, b. July, 1786. m. September 18, 1814, Rosina Beau 

(Bow). 

(330) Herod, b. May 13, 1791. m. Lydia Ames. 

(331) Nabby (Abigail), m. Bethuel Ward; m. 2d John Taylor. 

Abraham lived on the homestead at Ashfield, Mass., until the death of 
his parents, the loving care of whom devolved upon him as the oldest son. 
He then rem. to York, Livingston Co., N. Y., where he d. after 1832. He 
served in the Rev. War as private, September 22 to October 18, 1777, 
Capt. Ephraim Jenning's Co., Col. David Wells' Regt.,in expedition to the 
Northwest. 



124 Lemuel Stocking and Tamza had: 

(332) Braddock, b. June 22, 1792. Rem. to Lansingburg, N. Y. 

(333) Loring, 1794. Res. West Richmond, N. Y. 

(334) Forny, b. September 7, 1796. 

(335) Samuel, b. January 17, 1799. m. April 14, 1825, Elizabeth Good- 

rich, of Pittsfield, Mass. 

Tamza dying, Lemuel m. 2d, May 8, 181 1, Ruth Ford. They had: 

(336) William. 

(337) Ruth, m. August 3, 1832, Jedediah Foster, of Volney, N. Y. 

Lemuel rem. from Cromwell, Conn., to Ashfield, to retrieve his fortune 
lost by indorsing a note for a friend; thence to Lenox, Mass. He was 
prominent among the patriots of the Town, and five Tories were kept under 
guard in his house, marched to church on Sundays, and compelled to sit 
with their hands behind their back during divine service. 

Lemuel served in the Rev. War from July 21, 1780, to January 21, 1781, 
in the 23d Division, under command of Col. Isaac Pope. In the muster roll 
of Brig. Gen. Patterson he is also called Samuel. Actual service per- 
formed in the Northern Department. He d. at Lenox, Mass., August 
5, 1832, leaving a considerable estate, of which his son Samuel was executor. 



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127 Amos Stocking and 



had: 



12 



(338) Amos, b. August 9, 1801. m. 1824 Theodocia Blair 

(339) Hannah, b. . 

(339A) Charles, b. 1807. m. Maria L. Dewey. 
(339B) Sarah. 
(339c) Statira. 
(339D) Emma. 

Amos res. in Berkshire Co., Mass. He served in the Rev. War, August 
1 781 to October 28, 1783, Capt. OHver Shattuck's Co., Col. Barnabas' 



Regt. ; was stationed at New London, Conn. 



(340 
(341 
(342 
(343 
(344 

(345 
(346 

(347 
(348 

(349 
(350 
(351 
(352 



128 Sarah Stocking and Calvin Lazelle had: 

Daniel, b. March 15, 1787. 
Jared, b. April 4, 1789. 
Elizabeth, b. October 16, 1790. 
Joseph, b. March 5, 1793. 
George, b. April 14, 1795. 
Sarah, b. March 12, 1797. 
George, b. May 13, 1799. 
Thomas, b. March 25, 1801. 
Electa, b. April 4, 1803. 
Calvin, b. March 25, 1805. 
Lucy, b. April 11, 1809. 
Huldah, b. November 10, 181 1. 
Chloe Ann, b. April 28, 1813. 



Res. Ashfield, Mass., and Niles, N. Y. 



129 Eber Stocking and Olive Sage had: 

(353) Sylvester, b. May 7, 1787. m. February 23, 181 1, Martha Brain- 
erd Clark. 

Eber was b. in Chatham, Conn., and d. there August 26, 1826. He 
served six years in the Continental army, enlisting June 19, 1775, as pri- 
vate in Capt. Jonathan Johnson's Co., Col. Philip Burr Bradley's Regt., 
Gen. Wadsworth's Brigade; re-enlisted for the war March 25, 1777; ser- 



The Stocking Ancestry 27 

geant of Capt. Joseph Wright's Co., Col. Henry Swift's 2d Regt. Continental 
Line, and was a pensioner after 1818. He was never wounded, though 
one corner of his cartridge-box was shot away. Among his many experi- 
ences in those troubled times was that of waking one morning to find the 
hard earth on which he had been sleeping covered with deep snow, through 
which the warm breath of himself and his companions had forced air-holes. 
The blanket in which he slept is still preserved by Mrs. Nathaniel O. Corn- 
wall, his great-granddaughter. Wife Olive was dau. of John Sage, Upper 
Middletown, Conn. 



130 Steven Stocking and Sarah Hills had; 

(354) Elijah, bap. 1780. 



132 Jonathan Stocking and Polly Allen had: 

(355) Child, b. December 13, 1786. 

Res. rem. from Chatham to N. Y. State. He enlisted for the entire war, 
October 12, 1777; corporal, July i, 1780; sergeant, November i, 1780; 
discharged April 15, 1782; served under Lafayette in Capt. Jonathan 
Heart's Co., Maj. John P. Wylly's Battalion. He d. October 16, 181 7. . 



133 David Stocking and Phoebe Cook had: 

(356) Steven Hall, b. November 2, 1805. m. Elizabeth A. Everts. 

He d. April 4, 1887. She d. 1892. 

(357) Ehza Ann, b. April 15, 181 1. m. Joel Hall, of Portland, Conn. 

(358) James Cook, b. May 24, 181 7. m. January 27, 1848, Jane Foster. 

d. in Richmond, Va., January 14, 1883. 

David was a school teacher, b. in Chatham, Conn. ; rem. South for his 
health, teaching in Beaufort, N. C, in 1792, and in Augusta, Ga., in 1801. 



147 Rachel Stocking and Senior Beach had: 

(358A) Anna, b. November 30, 1782. m. Silas Wedge. 
(3S8b) Barnias, b. March 21, 1784. m. Sylvia Hamilton. 



28 The Stocking Ancestry 

(359) Candace, b. March 30, 1786. m. Dexter Parker. 

(360) Denis, b. June 28, 1788. 

(361) Amanda, b. May 15, 1792. m. February 16, 1812, Thomas Giv- 

ins, Jr., of Clarence, N. Y. 

(362) Ahda, b. April 7, 1794. d. young. 

(363). Lovel, b. July 26, 1796. m. Harriet Prescott. He d. February 
19, 1825. 

(364) Horatio, b. March 30, 1799. d. 1820. 

(365) Cynthia, b. April 26, 1802. d. young. 

(366) Luna, b. September 21, 1804. 

(367) Truman Marsh, b. April 2, 1809. d. 1810. 

Rachel was b. July 22, 1762. Mr. Beach was b. April 8, 1760. Res. in 
Litchfield, Conn., and Hartwick, N. Y. Rachel m. 2d Ephraim Camp. 



150 Samuel Stocking and Mrs. Young had: 

(368) Chloe, 1780. 

(369) Nathaniel, b. January 22, 1782. m. December 4, 1804, Elizabeth 

Stannard. 

Samuel res. in Haddam Neck, where he d. before 1790. He served in 
the Rev. War, Capt. Churchill's Co., Col. Comfort Sage's Regt. 



151 John and Deborah Hurlbut had: 

(370) Joseph, 1786. 

John was a sea captain. He served in the Rev. War on a privateer ; was 
taken prisoner by the British, and confined for six months in a prison ship 
in New York harbor. At the end of the war he rem. from Chatham, Conn., 
to Hudson, N. Y., thence to Broome Co., settling finally in Sullivan Co., 
where he d. August 26, 1830. His widow d. in Shelby, N. Y., May 21, 1845. 



154 Elijah Stocking, Jr., and Mary Sage had 

(371) Daniel, b. 1796. m. April 13, 1817, Mary Pease. 

(372) Joel, rem. to Ohio and d. there. 



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(373) John, b. iSii. m. Frances Hurd. 

(374) Sarah, b. . m. ist Andrew Shepard; m. 2d Orlanza Love- 

land. She d. June 22, 1890. 

(375) Delia, b. 1818. m. Job Hurlbut, of Middletown. 

(376) George, b. July 29, 1820. m. Catherine Hurlbut. She m. 2d, 

April 24, 1872, Edward Edwards. 

(377) Eleazur, b. November 25, 1821. m. Melanctha Case, of Chat- 

ham, Conn. He was drowned in Ohio. 

Res. Portland, Conn. Mary was b. 1773, and d. September 29, 1852. 
Elijah, Jr., d. November 4, 1852. 



162 Marshall Stocking and Anna Bartlett are not known 
to have had children. 

Marshall enlisted May 8, 1775, Capt. Samuel Wylly's 2d Co., Col. 
Joseph Spencer's 2d Regt. Conn. Vol. ; private in Capt. Abijah Savage's 
Co., Col. Henry Sherburne's Regt., March 3, 1778; transferred to Invalid 
Corps, April 5, 1781; served in Co. of Capt. Edward Bulkley and Capt. 
Ebenezer Hill, Col. Webb's 3d Regt., in 1782, in and around Cambridge, 
Mass. 



165 Samuel Stocking and had: 

(378) Elizabeth, bap. August 16, 1793. m. December 23, 1812, Elijah 
Blodgett, of Scantis, Conn. 

Res. East Windsor, Conn. 



171 Sarah Stocking and Gideon Hurlbut had: 

(379) Annis. 

(380) Chauncey, b. August 15, 1780. 

(381) Sally. 

(382) Phoebe. 

(383) Louisa, bap. July 27, 1783, in Chatham, Conn. She d. 1801. 

(384) Asaph, b. October 21, 1785, Chatham. 

(385) Benjamin. 



30 The Stocking Ancestry 

(386) Lyman, res. Downsville, N. Y. 

(387) Chloe. 

(388) Rachel. 

Sarah d. December 23, 1841, Gideon d. June 26, 1835, in Durham, 
N. Y., where he rem. in 1789, from Portland, Conn. 



172 Moses Stocking and Elizabeth Pelton had: 

(389) Alexander, b. October 24, 1786. d. young. 

(390) Phoebe, b. March 16, 1788. m. Stillman, of Erie, Pa. 

(391) Child, d. young. 

Moses res. in Chatham, Conn., and Sheffield, Mass. ; served in the Revo- 
lution; was in the campaign around New York in 1776, and at Peekskill, 
March to June, 1777, Capt. Joseph Churchill's 8th Co., Col. Comfort 
Sage's 3d Battalion, Wadsworth's Brigade, and in other Cos. and Regts. 
He was also in the marine service under the command of Paul Jones. 



1 74 Grace Stocking and Othniel Brainerd had : 

(392) Othniel, b. May 23, 1784. 



178 Reuben Stocking and Elizabeth Rowley Isham had: 

(393) Lucy, b. June 11, 1801. m. Henry Spalding. 

(394) Phoebe, b. January 8, 1803. d. March 5, 18 10, at New Berlin, 

N. Y. 

(395) Philo Washburn, b. November 10, 1804. m. February 13, 1834, 

Nancy J. G. Reynolds. 

(396) Fanny Stuart, b. January 3, 1807. m. Anson Torpy. 

(397) Benjamin Trumbull, b. November 11, 1808. d. August 10, 1822. 

(398) Phoebe Maria, b. February 12, 181 1. m. Dr. S. P. Clioate. 

(399) Moses, b. April 7, 1813. m. September 10, 1838, Anna Loomis. 

(400) John Isham, b. May 27, 181 5. d. December 2, 1889. m. Polly 

Wisner Clark, October 15, 1845; m. 2d Mrs. Fanny (Loomis) 
Brown. 



The Stocking Ancestry 31 

(401) Daniel Nash, b. March 5, 181 7. m. March 7, 1843, Eleanor A. 

Gill. 

(402) Mary, b. January 21, 1819. m. September 4, 1842, Edward 

Arnold. 

(403) Nancy, b. June 2, 182 1. d. young. 

(404) Reuben, b. February 3, 1823. d. young. 

(405) Nancy Ann, b. April 7, 1825. ni. William Garrison. 

Reuben was b. in Middletown, Conn., and rem. to New Berlin, Che- 
nango Co., N. Y., in 1809. Having met with business misfortunes, he 
rem. to Monroe Co., in February, 1819, where he rented a farm. In 1822 
he pushed on to Genesee Co., and purchased a tract of no acres, in work- 
ing which he had a stout struggle against adverse surroundings. Mer- 
chandise had to be brought in wagons from Albany, wheat was but 25 
cents a bushel ; schools were few and inefficient, and a large family taxed 
Reuben's energies to the utmost. Here he spent many laborious years, 
rem. eventually to Flowerfield, Mich., where he d. August 10, 1846. Eliza- 
beth was the step-daughter of Isaac Isham, of Colchester, Conn. b. Janu- 
ary 3, 1 781; d. in Flowerfield, September 25, 1839. 



184 George Stocking and Lois Hubbard had: 

(406) Lucy, b. July 11, 1772. m. Hobby, res. New York City. 

(407) Oliver, b. December 6, 1773. 

(408) Howell, b. January 7, 1776. m. September 19, 1795, Mary Gil- 

bert. 

(409) George Abner, b. April 21, 1777. 

George res. in East Glastonbury, and was killed, with his father and two 
brothers, by the explosion of a powder-mill, August 23, 1777. He served 
in the Rev. War, "Lexington Alarm," Capt. Eleazur Hubbard's Co. 



185 Caleb Stocking and Alice Williams had: 

(410) Alice, m. in Millerton, December 3, 1789, John Butler, of New 
London. 

Caleb d. before 1794. Alice was from East Haddam, where she d. of 
consumption, October 25, 1794. They probably had other children, for in 
1800, Elisha Stocking bought of Oliver Stocking, land "bordering on that 
of the heirs of Caleb Stocking." 



32 The Stocking Ancestry 

1 88 Nathaniel Stocking and had: 

(411) Eunice, b. 1777. m. November 26, 1796, David Savage. 

Res. Glastonbury, Conn., where Nathaniel was killed by the explosion 
of a powder-mill, August 23, 1777. 



189 Ansel Stocking and Prudence Crosby had: 

(412) 

(413) Betsey, b. October 26, 1786. 

(414) Nancy, b. November 11, 1788. 

(415) Emily, b. December 3, 1791. m. October 13, 1811, Elisha Bran- 

dagee. 

(416) Eunice, b. August 28, 1793. 

(417) Sarah, b. January 12, 1795. m. John O. King, of Suffield, Conn. 

Ansel res. in Glastonbury, Conn., where he d. 1798. Prudence was the 
dau. of John Crosby (or Crossley), of Chatham, Conn. 



192 Elisha Stocking and Ann Ranney had: 

(418) Harriet, b. January 5, 1790. d. October 2, 1816. m. Bell. 

(419) Chester O., b. February 9, 1792. m. November 3, 1790, Clarissa 

Lee. 

(420) Cene, b. February 26, 1795. m. Bell, her deceased sister's 

husband. 

Wife Ann dying, Elisha m. 2d Rebecca, dau. of Phineas Grover. 

Elisha was a school teacher, and later on engaged in the milling busi- 
ness. He res. in East Glastonbury, Conn. ; was a member of the Epis- 
copal Church, and his old prayer-book is now in the possession of the Rev. 
A. M. Stocking, Peoria, 111. He d. August 8, 1819. Wife Rebecca d. 
March 28, 1820. 



193 Abner Stocking and Lidea Bowers had: 

(421) Child, 1778. d. 1782. 

(422) Horates, bap. November 2, 1779. 



The Stocking Ancestry 33 

Abner served in the Revolution ; was with the American army at Rox- 
bury, 1775; also in Arnold's Quebec Expedition the same year; was taken 
prisoner December 31, 1775, and published a journal of this expedition in 
Catskill, N. Y., 1810. Abner and Lidea were both from Middle Haddam, 
Conn., and rem. to Catskill, N. Y. 



196 William Stocking 

enlisted in the Continental army, Col. Fred. Huntington's ist Regt., 
April 8, 1777, for three years; was promoted sergeant, July i, 1789; dis- 
charged April 6, 1780. He d. before 1782. 



197 James Stocking 

served in the Revolution in Washington's army around New York, 1776, 
and was probably one of the crew of the privateer Sampson, which was 
captured by the British, for James d. while a prisoner in New York City, 
1782. 



198 Amasa Stocking and Mercy had: 

(423) Horace, bap. October 6, 1793. m. Betsey Loomis, of Westfield, 

Mass. 

(424) James, bap. October 6, 1793. m. Mary Loomis, of Southwick, 

Mass. 

(425) Lucy, bap. October 6, 1793. 

(426) Betsey, bap. October 6, 1793. m. February 5, 1818, Ansel Wilcox. 

(427) Austin, b. December 12, 1792. m. 181 1, Charlotte Rexford. 

(428) Russell, bap. March 30, 1794. 

(429) David, bap. March 30, 1794. 

Amasa served in the Continental army, July 17 to December 4, 1780, 
Col. S. B. Webb's Regt. Res. Middle Haddam, Conn. 



199 Rev. Jeremiah Stocking and Polly Wood had: 

(430) Sidney, b. March 17, 1792. m. May i, 1810, Louisa Tennant. 

(431) Rev. Solon, b. July 16, 1793. m. July 4, 1812, Harriet Hurlburt. 



34 The Stocking Ancestry 

(432) Septerius, b. July 15, 1795. m. January i, 1822, Susan Strong; 

m. 2d, March 10, 1845, Jane Wilkinson. 

(433) Samantha, b. November 20, 1796. m. April 5, 1816, Asahel 

Strong. 

(434) Rev. Sophronius, b. February 17, 1798. m. Polly Matson. 

(435) Rev. Sevillius, b. September 10, 1799. m. 1822, Elizabeth Smith. 

(436) Serilla, b. November 6, 1800. m. January i, 1822, Brazilla Buck; 

2d, Rev. A. G. Bowker. She d. September 17, 1847. 

(437) Serenius Sabinas, b. July 13, 1804. m. October 8, 1826, Juliana 

Baker. 

(438) Rev. Selah, b. May 9, 1806. m. July 30, 1832, Mary Hayward 

Blood. 

(439) Dr. Sabin, b. December 6, 1807. m. Matilda Buck. 

(440) Rev. Sabura Stebbins, b. June 24, 18 10. m. Sarah Mallory. 

Rev. Jeremiah d. March 23, 1853. Rep. 1816-17. 

Rev. Jeremiah was b. in Chatham, Conn. When but nine years old, he 
rem. to Haddam, and four years later he was put on board a privateer 
sailing out of New York, under the command of his father. At the close 
of the Rev. War, he learned a trade, worked at it until he was of age, and 
the year after married and removed to Glastonbury. His health being 
poor, he accepted the position of post-rider, which he filled with great 
efficiency and popularity for 25 years, going between Saybrook and Hart- 
ford, traveling on horseback 150,000 miles, and crossing the Connecticut 
River 8,500 times. He was a member of the legislature in 181 6 and '17, 
was deeply interested in politics, and was an ardent Whig. It was his 
peculiarity to name all his children with the initial S. 

In religion he was originally a severe Calvinist and Restorationist, but 
his thought, study, and natural piety led him to the M. E. Church, of 
which he was a widely known minister for 56 years. He organized the 
first M. E. parish in Eastbury, and at his death, in March, 1853, it was very 
flourishing. He was in his earlier ministry a keen, caustic, and contro- 
versial preacher, but in later years he became exceedingly genial and 
charitable, and was known all through Eastern Connecticut as "Father 
Stocking " He m. 2d widow Abigail Ames, who d. April 17, 1857. 



200 Benjamin Stocking and Damaris Shaler had: 

(441) William, b. February 7, 1790. Lost at sea. 

(442) Hannah S., b. February 6, 1792. m. October 10, 1825, Ansel 

Strong. 




REV. JEREMIAH STOCKING. 



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(443) Hezekiah, b. March ii, 1794. m. Abigail Hubbard. 

(444) George Abner, b. October 11, 1796. m. December 26, 1813, 

Tryphena Coe. 

(445) David, b. August 14, 1798. m. . 

(446) Jirah, b. October 12, 1800. m. Jerusha Chauncey. 

(447) Matilda, b. October 18, 1803. m. Hill, of East Haddam. 

(448) Julius, b. October 18, 1806. m.^^^^^i^-i^ Whittlesey. 

(449) Sophia F., b. February 26, 1809. d. September 14, 1825. 

(450) Alfred, b. April 8, 181 1. Rem. to Indiana. 

(451) Clarissa, b. August 2, 181 3. 

Rev. Benjamin was a Presbyterian minister. Res. Chatham, Conn., 
where he d. September 13, 1848, aged 78. Damaris d. May 25, 1841. 



201 Alexander Stocking and Hannah Day had: 

(452) Vienna Brainerd, b. November 26, 1797. m. Dudley Brown. 

(453) Elisha Day, b. September 5, 1799. m. Amelia Stebbins. 

(454) Jefferson, b. October 12, 1800. d. young. 

(455) Burr, b. October 12, 1800. d. young. 

(456) Henry Brainerd, b. September 13, 1802. m. Abigail Sperry; 

m. 2d Eliza King. 

(457) Ann Sophia, b. October 10, 1804. m. Edwin Smith. 

(458) Sibyl Lamb, b. October 24, 1806. m. William Bodurtha. 

(459) Lorenzo Dow, b. July 30, 1808. d. May 5, 1825. 

(460) Hannah, b. June 30, 1810. m. Lyman Miller. 

(461) Adaline Kellogg, b. July 24, 181 2. m. Lucius B. Fletcher; m. 

2d, Butcher; m. 3d, John Trask. 

(462) Harriet Maria, b. May 2, 1814. Smothered accidentally in in- 

fancy. 

(463) Alexander, b. September 17, 181 7. m. October 16, 1836. Ann 

Patience Foster. 

(464) Samuel Michels, b. August 12, 1 819. d. young. 

Res. until 1805, Chatham; rem. to South Hadley, Mass., thence West 
Springfield, Wilbraham, Ludlow, and Springfield, Mass. Hannah Day was 
the dau. of Elisha and Sarah Stocking Day, of Colchester, Conn. ; b. May 
17, 1776, and a lineal descendant of the Rev. Robert Day and his wife, 
Mary, who came from Ipswich, Suffolk Co., Eng., in the ship Elizabeth, 
1634, and whose descendant was also the Rev. Jeremiah Day, the second 
president of Yale College. After Hannah's death, October 26, 1821, 
Alexander m. 2d Polly Graham in 1827. 



36 The Stocking Ancestry 

Alexander was for many years employed in the U. S. armory, Spring- 
field, and in his later life he owned a farm in Montgomery, Mass., where he 
d. January 7, 1859. He is buried in the Peabody cemetery, Springfield, 
Mass. He was one of the founders of the First Universalist Society of 
Springfield, and a charter member of the old Hampden Lodge, Free and 
Accepted Masons, his funeral services being conducted under their aus- 
pices. He is affectionately remembered as a man of great geniality of 
disposition and sterling integrity. 



203 Timothy Stocking and — had: 

(465) Billius, b. August 7, 1779. m. Patience Gray. 

Timothy was b. in Sandisfield, Mass. He enlisted in the Continental 
army, April 28, 1775, for three years; served in Capt. Elijah Deming's Co., 
Col. Ashley's Berkshire Regt. ; ordered to Stillwater by Gen. Gates; 
transferred to Capt. Joseph Hay's 3d Co., Col. Henry Jackson's Regt.; 
served also in Moses Soul's Co., Col. John Fellows' Regt., rank of corporal. 



204 John Stocking, Jr., 

was b. in Sandisfield, Mass. ; enlisted in the Continental army, Decem- 
ber 4, 1775; was at Ticonderoga, November, 1776; served in Capt. 
Noah Soul's Co., Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regt.; corporal in Capt. Stephen 
Dewey's Co., and ensign in Col. John Smith's Regt. 



205 Daniel Stocking 

was b. in Sandisfield, Mass. ; served three years in Rev. War, Capt. Enos 
Stone's Co., Col. Brewer's Regt., and was one of those who endured the 
hardship and suffering of Valley Forge. 



206 Israel Stocking 

was b. in Sandisfield, Mass. He was granted administration on the 
estate of James Fraser, of Pawlet, Vt., on which he had a claim of 
;£427-io-o2, shortly before October 13, 1795. The old signboard of 



The Stocking Ancestry 37 

an inn, kept a century or more ago, and lettered, "I. STOCKING'S 
INN," was found some years since, indicating that Israel once kept 
this inn on the "Up Neck Road," near Hartford, Conn. He enlisted in 
the Continental army, Capt. Elijah Deming's Co., Col. Ashley's Berkshire 
Regt. ; was ordered to Fort Edwards, and served July 8 to 28, 1777 ; re-en- 
listed fbr the war, serving in various regiments; was at Fishkill and Peeks- 
kill in the operations along the Hudson River, ranking as matross 
(artillery private); reported to have deserted, November 25, 1779, but 
this must have been an error, for he is reported soon after as drawing pay 
for military service up to December, 1781, more than four years after 
enlistment, and he was, moreover, a pensioner July 28, 1818. He d. the 
same year, December 19th. 



216 Hezekiah Stocking and Nancy Rathbone had: 

(466) Henry, d. young. 

(467) Otis Isam, b. November 13, 1806. m. 1826, Prudence Thayer. 

(468) Charles Rathbone, b. January 28, 1810. m. July 26, 1845, Mar- 

garet Ann Renry. 

(469) Alsina, b. . m. Lyman Darling. Rem. to Ohio and d. 1854. 

(470) Daniel Azen, b. January 3, 1819. m. 1845, Lucy E. Coleman. 

Hezekiah was b. in Middle Haddam, and in 1801 rem. to Springfield, 
Otsego Co., N. Y., with his wife and parents. He settled soon after in the 
township now known as Monticello. In 1837 he went to Michigan with 
one William Pattin, for the purpose of erecting buildings, and he d. in 1839, 
either at Bay City, or at Adrian, Mich. Interred at Novi Corners, Mich. 
Nancy res. in Springfield, N. Y., until 1859, when she rem. to Ohio with 
her son Daniel, dying there in 1862. 



219 Nathaniel Stocking and Camilla Carpenter had: 

(471) Camilla Carpenter, b. November 15, 1805. m. Owen Sayles. d. 

1843 at Somerset, N. Y. 

(472) Dorothy, b. April 28, 1807. d. May 5, 1834. 

(473) Charles Carpenter, b. August 17, 1808. m. January 21, 1834, 

Lydia Louisa Loomis; m. 2d, December 27, 1849, Mrs. Mary 
Willard. 

(474) Emeline, b. March 4, 18 10. 



38 The Stocking Ancestry 

(475) Juliette, b. October 24, 1811. d. September 15, 1837, at Somer- 

set, N. Y. 

(476) Phoebe C, b. May 23, 1813. 

(477) Deliza, b. June 29, 1815. 

(478) Julius, b. September 20, 181 7. d. young, at Coventry, Conn. 

(479) Rosetta, b. August 9, 1819. m. ist Wright; m. 2d 

Miller. 

Nathaniel d. at Royalton, N. Y., September, 1857. Camilla was b. at 
Coventry, Conn., March 7, 1779. She was the dau. of Josiah Carpenter. 
Nathaniel was b. at Coventry, New London Co., Conn., where his parents 
had taken up land as soon as the township received its charter. His early 
education was limited, as he was obliged to divide his time between the 
common country school and the combined trades of carpenter and black- 
smith. By industry and frugality, he became the owner of a farm, work- 
ing it in summer, and plying his trade in winter. Being a diligent reader, 
he increased his scanty stock of knowledge until he became a good scholar. 
His religious nature made him a constant student of the Bible, and in early 
life he became a devout and faithful member of the Presbyterian Church. 

Soon after his marriage to Camilla Carpenter, the daughter of his neigh- 
bor, he removed to Cherry Valley, N. Y., and in 1805, to Trenton Falls, 
where he worked at his trade. Many Indians lived in and around the 
place, and many amusing stories are told of their astonishment and delight 
at the flying sparks and red-hot iron which they were inquisitive enough to 
handle, and quick enough to drop. From Trenton Falls, Nathaniel moved 
to East Springfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., where he engaged in farming, and 
worked at his trade for nearly thirty years. His children were born in this 
township, and soon after the marriage of his oldest daughter, in the thir- 
ties, he followed her to Somerset, Niagara Co., N. Y., taking with him his 
two youngest daughters. His wife, Camilla, was an old-fashioned, efificient 
housekeeper, a severe but just disciplinarian, a devoted mother, and beloved 
by the entire community for her philanthropy. When, in 1840, the black 
erysipelas scourged the town, Camilla Stocking was an angel of mercy to 
her afflicted neighbors. Nathaniel fell a victim to the disease, and she 
devoted herself to him with such untiring care that, while he recovered, 
she was herself stricken down and died. Dividing his property among his 
children, now all married, he spent the rest of his life with his son, where, 
after a long illness, endured with patience and sweetness of temper, he 
peacefully closed up an honorable career in 1857 at Reynold's Basin, Roy- 
alton, N. Y. He served in the War of 1812, Capt. Butcher's Co., N. Y. 
Regt. 



The Stocking Ancestry 39 

223 Samuel Stocking and Mary Ann Belden had: 

(480) Almira, b. May 5, 1793. d. April 13, 1800. 

(481) Marion, b. May 5, 1793. d. November 23, 1793. 

(482) Emily Amelia, b. October 12, 1794. m. September 20, 1821, Eli 

English. 

(483) Sarah Ann, b. May 21, 1797. m. Harvey Chapin, of Springfield, 

Mass. 

(484) Caroline Ramsdell, b. July 7, 1799. m. April 15, 1824, Jacob 

Carter. 

(485) Almira, b. October 25, 1801. m. John Petrie, of Hartland, Vt. 

(486) Mary Ann, b. November 4, 1804. m. February 16, 1831, George 

Petrie. 

Wife Mary Ann d. May 13, 1805, and Samuel m. 2d 
Madame Irene de Mont Fredi, in 1806. They 
had: 

(487) Julia Belden, b. October 23, 1807. m. Edward McLaine, of New 

Philadelphia. 

(488) Dr. Samuel Marvin, b. May 11, 1809. m. Caroline A. Winchell. 

(489) Charles, b. 1813. m. Jane Winchell. 

(490) Hester Ann, b. 181 5. m. FoUingsby, of 111. 

Samuel was an extensive ship-builder in Middle Haddam, Conn. He 
also res. in Hartford, Sufiield, and Enfield, Conn., and then rem. to Cleve- 
land and New Hagerstown, O. Samuel was killed by being thrown from a 
carriage by runaway horses in 1847, while on a visit to his son. 

Mary Ann, first wife, was a niece of Sir Thomas Belden, of England, 
who spent some years in Hartford, Conn., and built the old Belden House 
on the north side of the city. Had his niece survived him, she would have 
inherited his estates as Lady Mary Ann. 

Samuel's second wife was a Frenchwoman of considerable property. 
She owned a market garden near Hartford, and did a thriving business. 
In some records she is called Urania. 



228 Hezekiah Stocking and Lois Carter had: 

(491) Francis, b. . m. Lois Levin. 

(492) Lavinia, b. October 29, 1808. m. Augustus Sisson. 

(493) Lyman, b. April 9, 1813. m. February 26, 1836, EHzabeth Hen- 

drickson. 



40 The Stocking Ancestry 

(494) Julia, b. August 12, 181 8. m. B. Squires; m. 2d D, R. Arnold 

No child, d. at Willoughby, O., January 4, 1867. 

(495) Charles, b. . m. Leonora Turner. 

Wife Lois was b. in Suffield, Conn., 1783, and d. 1840. Hezekiah rem. 
from Sufifield, Conn., in 1780, to Hampden, Geauga Co., Ohio, where he d. 
1840. 



229 George Stocking and Fanny Hurd had: 

(496) William Hurd, b. 1803. m. Harriet Rebecca Elliot; m, 2d 

Grace Comstock; m. 3d Elizabeth Burroughs. 

(497) Patrick Newell, b. December 5, 1806. m. May 21, 1828, Susan 

Penfield. 

(498) George Humphrey, m. Amanda . d. in Lincoln, Neb. 

(499) Statira Janette, b. . m. Levi Eaton. 

(500) Clarissa Mary, b. 1828. m. Abram Oxer. 

(501) Caroline Matilda, b. 1817. m. Hiram Crane. 

(502) James Randall, b. . m. Celestia Lord. 

All of the above children were bap. in the church in Enfield, Conn., June 
16, 1822. Fanny was from Middle Haddam. George d. December 24, 
1823, "of an inscrutable disease in his head." 



255 Dea. Joseph Stocking and Betsey Robbins had: 

(503) Eliza, b. October 22, 1806. d. young. 

(504) Thomas Robbins, b. July 4, 1809. m. May 26, 1835, Julia A. 

Bidwell. 

Betsey d. at Utica, N. Y., April 30, 18 10. Joseph 
m. 2d, Sarah B. Sheldon, October 19, 1820. 
They had: 

(505) EHzabeth, b. July 25, 1822. m. December 11, 1842, EHas A. 

Lewis. 

(506) Joseph, b. February 6, 1825. d. in Bufifalo, February 10, 1839. 

(507) Sarah, b. January 7, 1829. d. young. 

Wife Betsey was b. at Pittsfield, Mass., May 9, 1786; 2d wife, Sarah, 
was b. at Wilhamstown, Mass., November 27, 1788. Rem. to Springfield, 
Otsego Co., N. Y. Joseph rem. to Buffalo, where he carried on an exten- 
sive hat and fur trade. He d. September 4, 1835. 



The Stocking Ancestry 41 

256 Samuel Stocking and Phoebe Sheldon had: 

(508) Mary Sheldon, b. September 2, 1807. m. October 26, 1826, 

Josiah Marshall. 

(509) James Madison, b. November 24, 1809. m. 1831, Caroline Met- 

calf. 

(510) EHzabeth H. H., b. February 11, 1813. d. May 28, 1892. unm. 

(511) Phoebe, b. August 3, 1818. d. young. 

(512) Caroline, b. October 24, 1819. d. young. 

(513) Cornelia, C, b. October 24, 1819. m. October 2, 1851, W. P. 

Clark. 

(514) Phoebe Theresa, b. March 7, 1824. m. February 10, 1853, John 

Stitt, of Chicago. 

Samuel was b. in Ashfield, Mass.; rem. to Utica, June 10, 1803, and d. 
there March i, 1858. He engaged in the hat and fur business, and amassed 
a handsome fortune, owning at his death more than half of the present site 
of Utica. He was of a quiet and domestic disposition, a patriotic and lib- 
eral citizen, though averse to politics, and a stout-hearted churchman, and 
beloved by his fellow-citizens. Fraud in the administration of his estate 
is said to have deprived his heirs of their just rights. Phoebe was b. 
October 15, 1780, and d. December 15, 1854. 



257 Mary Elizabeth Stocking and James Root had: 

(515) E. H., b. October 30, 1801. m. Levi Childs, of Pittsfield, Mass. 



258 Jared Stocking and Elizabeth Rogers had: 

(516) Samuel, m. December 19, 1854, Frances Jane Bates. 

(517) George. 

(518) Jane, m. Capt. Hamilton, of the British army. Res. St. Cather- 

ine, Ontario. 

Jared rem. to Niagara, Ont., thence to St. Catherine, Ont., in 1854, 
where he conducted a very successful wholesale grocery and liquor busi- 
ness. He returned to Niagara, where he d. about 1878. 



42 The Stocking Ancestry 

261 Mary Ann Stocking and David White had: 

(519) Sally, b. November 24, 1777. m. February 14, 1802, Edmund 

Ward, res. Fairfield, N. Y. 

(520) David, b. July 9, 1779. m. Abigail Ames. 

(521) Anna, b. September 18, 1781. m. June 21, 1801, Silas Shepherd. 

Res. Herkimer, N. Y. 

David White was son of Ebenezer White, of Chatham, Conn. b. Sep- 
tember 7, 1754. He inherited part of his father's homestead (now Port- 
land, Conn.), and settled there; was a farmer, ship-builder, and justice of 
the peace. He d. September 18, 1832. 

Wife Mary Ann d. December 4, 1797, and David m. 2d, October 15, 
1798, widow Mary Prior, of Windsor, Conn., by whom he had children 
Mary Ann and James W. 



262 Jozeb Stocking and Anna Sheldon had: 

(522) Anna Sheldon, bap. July 26, 1778. m. April 6, 1797, Samuel 

Latimer, of Eastbury, Conn. 

(523) Betsey, bap. November 28, 1779. d. May 24, 1783. 

(524) Horace, bap. December 25, 1785. d. March 20, 1868. Was a 

sea captain. 

(525) Zebulon, bap. May 15, 1788. d. May 2, 1809, in St. Bartholomew. 

A sailor. 

(526) Sally, bap. September 30, 1790. m. March 17, 1817, Joseph 

Williams. 

(527) Emily Anna, b. June 12, 1793. m. October 14, 181 1, Elishama 

Brandagee. She d. June 3, 1833. 

(528) Justus, b. February 3, 1796. d. June 3, 1884. A cotton mer- 

chant, of Hartford, Conn. 

Jozeb res. in Cromwell, Conn. ; was a representative to the legislature in 
1815 and 1816. He d. June 29, 1841. Anna was the dau. of Caleb Shel- 
don, East Hartford. - b. 1758, and d. May 24, 1829. 



267 Samuel Stocking and Susannah Morrison had: 

(529) Susannah, bap. June 8, 1792. m. May 13, 1816, Wm. M. Hand. 

(530) Harriet, b. November 8, 1795. d. October 11, 1817. 

(531) Samuel, b. April 29, 1798. d. August 28, 1820, in Santiago, Cuba. 



The Stocking Ancestry 



43 



(532) Michael, bap. January 8, 1800. d. October 12, 1824. m. Novem- 

ber 4, 1822, Sarah Pattison, Berhn, Conn. 

(533) WiUiam, bap. October 6, 1804. m. 1838, Sarah C. Mildrum. 

(534) Jennette, bap. 1809. d. June 3, 1826. 

Samuel lived in Cromwell, where he d. July 14, 1834. His son Michael 
was buried in Berlin, Conn. Susannah d. at "Upper Houses," September, 
1841. 



(535 
(536 

(537 

(538 
(539 

(540 
(541 

(542 
(543 
(544 

(545 
(546 

(547 



268 Seth Stocking and Hannah Pratt had: 

Betsey Latham, b. February 23, 1787. m. December 2, 1818, 
Ansel Wilcox. 

Lucy, b. March 23, 1789. m. April 25, 1812, David Smith. She 
d. June II, 18 1 3. 

Hannah, bap. March 25, 1792. m. July 28, 1819, Amos Tryon. 
She d. May 6, 1880. 

Seth, b. May 6, 1794. d. September 3, 1880. 

Mary, b. March i, 1796. m. December 12, 181 6, Samuel Churchill. 
She d. August 30, 1841.^^^ 

Daniel, b. October 16, 1798. d. January i, 1846. 

Maria, b. September i, 1800. m. April 12, 182 1, Leonard Tryon. 
She d. March 30, 1877. 

Joseph, b. November 27, 1802. d. April i, 1818. 

Anna Otis, bap. October 28, 1804. d. July 10, 1818. 

Julia, b. September 7, 1806. m. Chas. Darrow. She d. Feb- 
ruary 14, 1884. 

Jonathan Pratt, b. March 12, 1808. d. October 11, 181 7. 

Rev. William Redfield, b. June 24, 1810. m. Jerusha Gilbert. 

Carey Latham, b. October 12, 1813. d. April, 1876. 



Seth res. in Middletown, Conn., where he d. December 2, 1831. Hannah 
was dau. of Jonathan and Mary (Latham) Pratt.' She was b. 1766, and 
d. October i, 1817. 



272 Capt. John Stocking and Betsey Edwards had: 

(548) Francis, b. 1803. m. September, 1828, Abigail McKee. 

(549) John, Jr., b. February 7, 1807. m. June 24, 1847, Susan Belden. 

(550) Elizabeth. 

(551) Mary Ann, d. November 24, 1814. 



44 



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Capt. John was b. in Upper Middletown, and d. there October 28, i860. 
Betsey was a hneal descendant of William Edwards, who rem. from Lynn, 
Mass., to East Hampton, L. I., in 1650 (William,* John,=' Josiah,' 
Churchill/ Daniel,* Betsey"), and the daughter of Daniel Edwards and 
Jemima Hubbard. Bap. November 10, 1782. 



285 Ansel Stocking and Elvira Stanley had: 

(55 1 a) Ansel, Jr., m. Annie Wheeler. 

(552) Elizabeth, b. December 5, 18 10. m. Wetmore. 

(553) Walter, b. March 13, 181 2. m. March 2, 1834, Rebecca Downey. 

(554) Sarah Ann, m. James Roberts. 

Ansel was b. in Hartford, Conn. Res. in Collinsville, N. Y., and d. 
near Turin, N. Y., 1872. Elvira was from New Britain, Conn. 



(555 
(556 
(557 
(558 
(559 
(560 

(561 
(562 
(563 
(564 

(565 
(566 



286 Sarah Stocking and William Gilbert had: 

Harriet, m. A. Bucher. She d. May 11, 1817. 
Samuel, m. S. Gilbert. 
Orson, m. E. Haines. 
Alden, m. C. Delaney. 
Niram, m. A. Hay. 

Anson, m. . 

Marrieta P., m. G. Newkirk. 



Three children. 



Sarah Ann, d. aged 17. 

Julia F., b. 1815. m. Eliry Barber. 

Lydia B., m. Charles Cowper. 

Harriet, m. Patrick Cassidy. She d. in Utica, N. Y. 

William O., d. in New York. 

Sarah was killed in Utica, 
carriage. 



N. Y., July 6, 1835, by being thrown from a 



287 John Stocking and Deborah Sage had: 

(567) Mary. 

John d. in Middletown, October 12 1801, and was buried in Berlin, 
Conn. He was a sailor. 



The Stocking Ancestry 45 

288 Anson Stocking and Phila Miles had: 

(568) John Miles, b. March i6, 1811. m. September 3, 1834, Emeline 

Newell. 

(569) Samuel Judd, b. July 14, 1812. m. March 22, 1835, Orill Coe. 

(570) Anson Gilbert, b. March 30, 1814. m. November 10, 1839, Sarah 

Ann Frost. 

(571) Mercia, b. July 29, 1816. m. May 4, 1836, Joseph K. Barrett. 

(572) Phila H., b. January, 1818. d. January 28, 1831. 

Wife Phila d. September 22, 182 1, and Anson m. 
2d Flora Coe, of Torrington, Conn., May 15, 
1825. They had: 

(573) Flora Eliza, b. June 22, 1827. unm. Res. Mantua Station, O. 

(574) Omar Coe, b. October 14, 1828. m. July 10, 1853, Louisa W. 

Pierce. 

(575) Fanny Maria, b. December 4, 1830. unm. 

(576) Phila Hannah, b. April 2, 1836. m. August 18, 1874, Ezra S. 

Ames. 

(577) Eber Norton, b. February 14, 1838. m. December 19, 1867, 

Ann J. Goodell. 

Anson d. in Torrington, August 2, 1857. His widow d. in Hiram, O., 
April, 1894, aged 97. He was a farmer in his earlier life, and afterwards a 
painter and cabinet-maker; an active member of the Congregational Church, 
and one of the incorporators of Torrington, in 1829. Wife Phila M. was 
b. 1790. Wife Flora was b. February 17, 1797. 



315 Lucretia Stocking and Hezekiah Kirby had: 

(578) George Kirby, b. February 24, 1791. m. Fanny Potter. 

(579) Hiram, b. July 8, 1793. m. Betsey Bedartha. 

(580) Lucretia, b. August 12, 1795. m. James Parks. 

Hezekiah Kirby was b. March 23, 1761; rem. to Mill Creek, Erie Co., 
Penn., and thence to Sheffield, Mass., where he d. December 3, 1837. He 
was son of Joseph and Esther (Wilcox) Kirby, of Middletown, Conn. 
Lucretia d. at Middletown, Conn., April 23, 1796. 



46 The Stocking Ancestry 

319 Henry Stocking and Caroline Belcher had: 

(581) Henry, d. young. 

(582) Charles B., b. December 6, 1832. m. Harriet M. Stocking. 

(583) Henry W., b. 1837. m. Harriette Hubbard. He d. July 23, 1892. 

(584) Caroline, b. . m. Geo..W. Smith. 

Res. Cromwell, Conn. 



324 Fanny Stocking and William White had: 

(585) Catherine Chauncey, b. June 10, 1810. m. January 6, 1830, 

Hon. Charles Kirby, of Upper Middletown. 

(586) Nancy A., b. May 7, 1813. d. April 27, 1856. Res. Ballston, 

N. Y. 

(587) Elizabeth, b. 1816. d. November i, 1817. 

Fanny Stocking was the 2d wife, William having m. ist Grace Savage, 
who d. May 14, 1806. He was b. in 1777, and d. December 5, 1827. Fanny 
d. February 20, 1859, aged 73. Hon. Chas. Kirby d. in Yonkers, N. Y., 
December 27, 1868. Res. Upper Middletown and Cromwell. 



326 George Stocking and Sarah Pelton had: 

(588) Sarah Ann, b. July 20, 1822. m. November 10, 1847, Chris- 

topher M. Darrow. No child. She d. April 27, 1902. 

(589) George Henry, b. May 10, 1824. m. October 27, 1850, Louisa J. 

Gordon. 

(590) Edwin, b. December 31, 1825. d. March 10, 1865, in San Fran- 

cisco. A tailor by trade. 

(591) Elisha, b. January 31, 1828. m. November 26, 1852, Harriet 

Pinney, of Simsbury, Conn. 

(592) Ralph, b. April 16, 1830. m. January 12, 1856, Adelaide E. 

Jones. 

Wife Sarah was dau. of Marshall Pelton, of Portland, Conn. George 
was a joiner by trade, d. May 11, 183 1. Sarah d. August 4, 1878. Res. 
Cromwell, Conn. 



327 Joseph Stocking and Jane Fisher had: 

(593) Sophronia, d. young. 

(594) Justus, d. No child. 




GEORGE STOCKING. 



The Stocking Ancestry 47 

(595) Johnathan Smith, b. . m. Sabrina Lilly. 

(596) Sophronia, b. 1812. m. Stephen Scranton. 

(597) Richard Weldon, d. unm. 

(598) Abner, m. Gracia Porter. 

(599) Abigail, m. ist Robinson; m. 2d Finney. Res. Vine- 

land, N. J. 

(600) Herod, b. July 5, 1819. m. November 3, 1841, Adaline Fitch. 

(601) Jane, b. . m. Marshall Chadwick. 

(602) Martha, d. at Dover, O. Unm. 

(603) Joseph, b. . Unm. Res. Dover Center, O. 

Joseph d. at Dover, O., 181 6. 



328 George Stocking and Ann Toby had: 

(604) Abraham, b. June 19, 1810. m. Henrietta Colton. 

(605) Mary Ann, b. February 3, 1812. m. Elliot M. Gray. She d. 

November 16, 1894. 

(606) George, b. August 2, 1814. m. April 10, 1844, Eliza Smith. 

(607) Abigail, b. November 21, 18 16. m. Alexander Green. 

(608) Roswell, b. October 25,1819. m. Augusta Clisbee. 

(609) Amaziah, Toby, b. November 23, 182 1. m. Julia Chapman. 

(610) Dexter, b. April 15, 1824. m. Lucy Clisbee. 

(611) Alfred Lester, b. April (or January) 8, 1827. d. young. 

(612) Lavina, b. September 11, 1829. m. William A. Warren. 

Wife Ann d. February 22, 1837, ^^^ George m. 2d, 
December 16, 1840, widow Mary Jackson Ship- 
pey. They had: 

(613) Calista, b. March 16, 1842. d. 

(614) William Marble, b. July 29, 1843. Unm. Res. Sunapee, N. H, 

George succeeded his Uncle Amos in the tanning and shoemaking busi- 
ness at Pittsfield, Mass., where he d. December 25, 1864. Wife Anna was 
b. July 6, 1790, at Conway, Mass., and d. February 22, 1835. 



329 Roswell Stocking and Rosina Beau (Bow) had: 

(615) Abram, b. August 19, 1826. m. December 23, 1847, Susie A. 
Weller, of Warsaw, N. Y. 



48 The Stocking Ancestry 

(6i6) Emeline. b. . m. Lucius Long. No child. 

(617) Abigail, b. . m. William Holloway. 

(618) Elizabeth, b. . m. Daniel Spencer, Mt. Morris, N. Y. 

(619) Maria, d. young. 

Roswell was a thrifty farmer. Rem. from Pittsfield, Mass., to York, 
Livingston Co., N. Y., and d. there in i860. 



330 Herod Stocking and Lydia Ames had: 

John A., b. March 5, 181 5. 

Joseph, b. September 11, 181 7. m. 1847, Phoebe Lewis. 

Lewis, b. February 25, 1820. m. December 10, 1843, Mary L. 

Burroughs. 
WilHam, b. November 30, 1821. d. September 21, 1824. 
Chandler, b. January 28, 1824. d. young. 
Wilham, b. January 3, 1827. m. June 27, 1847, Lydia Crill. 
Jonathan S., b. July 11, 1829. d. young. 
Henry F., b. February 13, 183 1. d. young. 
Horace, b. August 10, 1834. d. young. 
Horace, b. July 16, 1836. d. March 3, 1846. 

Herod was b. in Ashfield, Mass., and was a farmer. He rem. to Conn., 
thence to the West, and d. in Lindenwood, 111., February 21, 1884, aged 
nearly 93 years. Served in the War of 181 2. Wife Lydia was b. April 
14, 1796, d. March 5, 1847, and Herod m. 2d Levina Forbush, who d. Feb- 
ruary 2, 1865. 



(620) 


(621) 


(622) 


(623) 


(624) 


(625) 


(626) 


(627) 


(628) 


(629) 



331 Nabby Stocking and Bethnel Ward had: 

(630) Abram. 

(631) Allan, res. Tecumseh, Mich., and Dundee, 111. A merchant. 

Res. Dover, Ohio. 



332 Braddock Stocking and had: 

(63 1 a) Sophronia, m. Henry W. Filley, res. Arrow Rock, Mo. They 
had George, 1854, Clarence, 1858. 

Braddock was b. in Ashfield, Mass. ; served in the navy in the War of 
181 2, sailing from New London, Conn., under Com. Roswell Adams, June 
1,1813. He probably had other children. 




WILLIAM MARBLE STOCKING. 



The Stocking Ancestry 49 

338 Amos Stocking and Theodocia Blair had: 

(632) Amos Dwight, b. March 31, 1826. m. September 3, 1847, Mary 

Jane Brown. 

(633) Sarah Lovina, b. July 24, 1827. Unm. 

(634) Ralph Tyrrell, b. August 4, 1829. 

(635) John Charles. 

(636) Hannah Frances, b. November 12, 1833. Unm. 

(637) Albert. 

(63 7 a) Albert Newton. 

(637B) William Patter, b. January 28, 1843. m. 1862, Loraine 

Mc Arthur. 
(637c) Mary Theodocia. 

Amos was b. in Ashfield, Mass. In 1828 he rem. to Tecumseh, Mich., 
became one of its founders, built there the first frame house, and at his 
death was the oldest citizen of the town. He was a farmer, shoe manu- 
facturer, and insurance agent successively; an original member of the 
Presbyterian Church, and a ruling elder for thirty years. His wife d. 
April 2, 1847, and the following year he m. 2d Sibyl C. Hannon, of Frank- 
lin, Mich., who d. in 1869. He d. June 7, 1885, at the age of 84. He was 
of a very affectionate disposition, social, and beloved by all. He used to 
relate with keen relish how an honest old Quaker, who had never heard the 
surname Stocking, seeing a bag of wheat at the grist-mill marked "A. 
Stocking," looked at it a long time, and finally exclaimed, "If that were 
not marked 'A. Stocking,' I should call it a bag." 



339 Charles Stocking and Maria L. Dewey had: 

(638) George, b. 1834. d. 1844. 

(639) Dr. Charles H., b. July 16, 1836. m. Martha M. Breed. 

(640) Grove. 

(641) Albert. 

(642) Frank. 

Maria d. in Tecumseh, Mich., February 13, 1863. Charles was b. 1807. 
Res. for many years in Tecumseh, Mich., and d. there 1883, aged 76. 



353 Sylvester Stocking and Martha B. Clark had: 

(643) David Sage, b. January 16, 181 2. m. October 30, 1845, Julia 
Ann Cornwall; m. 2d, August 9, 1854, Emma A. Munnerlyn. 



50 The Stocking Ancestry 

(644) Mary Ann, b. August 11, 1813. m. October 26, 1834, Brackett 

M. West. 

(645) Sarah Maria, b. January 11, 1818. m. September 25, 1855, John 

Porter. 

Sylvester was the first town clerk of Portland, Conn., when the town 
was set off from Chatham in 1840, and he held the office for many years. 
His equanimity and amiability won the love and admiration of all his towns- 
folk, and his orthography was so perfect that he was a recognized authority 
in spelling. He was, moreover, a Shakesperian scholar, a musician, play- 
ing the violin in the Congregational Church (the only instrument then 
allowed), a farmer, a school teacher, and a cabinet-maker. 



357 Eliza Ann Stocking and Joel Hall had: 

(646) Jesse, d. Had sons, J. Stewart and Stephen. 

(647) Joel, d. unm. 

(648) Eliza, m. Rev. Douglass C. Peabody. She d. 1876. Two 

children. 

(649) Elizabeth, m. William Morgan, Hartford, Conn. 

Res. Portland, Conn. Both deceased. 



369 Nathaniel Stocking and Elizabeth Stannard had: 

(650) Artemas Washburn, b. 1807. d. in Painesville, O. Was a wagon- 

maker. Unm. 

(651) Samuel Stannard, b. July 27, 1809. m. April 23, 1840, Clarissa 

Winchester. Was a merchant. 

(652) Rev. Davis Pratt, b. 181 1. m. Charlotte Sexton. 

(653) Alpheus Young, b. 1813. m. d. in Louisville, Ky. An auc- 

tioneer. Five children. 

(654) Arnold Schofield, b. February 28, 1815. m. October 7, 1838, 

Maria Lovett. 

(655) Harvey De Wolf, b. 181 7. m. 1846, Helen Riker. 

(656) Ashbel Lane, b. 1814. Unm. Drowned at Macon, Ga., 1843. 

Was a peddler. 

(657) Julia Elizabeth, b. 1821. m.. Edmund Sanford. 

(658) Eh Wilson, b. May 3, 1824. m. October, 1856, Mary Harter. 

(659) Jared Nathaniel, b. 1825. d. March 11, 1902. Unm. 

(660) Charles Dwight, b. 1828. Unm. d. December 26, 1868. 



The Stocking Ancestry 51 

Nathaniel was left destitute by his father, Samuel, who had indorsed a 
note for a friend, and for which kindness his entire property was swept 
away. The young boy was brought up by Nathaniel Tyler, of Cromwell, 
Conn, (now Tylerville), after whom he had been named. He worked at 
the carpenter and ship building trades, and for many years served as a 
local Methodist preacher in his native town. He also served in the War of 
181 2 under Com. Abraham Hubbard, from August 3 to September 16, 
1813. He d. April 20, 1850. 



(661 
(662 
(663 
(664 
(665 
(666 
(667 
(668 
(669 



371 Daniel Stocking and Mary Pease had: 

Solomon, d. young. 

Daniel, b. . 

Jerome, b. . m. Kate Howe. 

Solomon, b. . m. Maria L. Allen, of Niagara Falls. 

Mary, b. . m. Orlando K. Ethridge. 

Louisa, b. . m. Meserve. 

Julia Aristelle, b. October 17, 1835. m. Elijah Dexter Webster. 

Emma, b. . 

Anna, b. . 



Daniel was b. in Portland, Conn. ; rem. to Enfield, thence to Rochester, 
N. Y. John Pease, Mary's ancestor, was a principal proprietor and founder 
of Enfield, from Nottatuck, March 16, 1688. The family was prominent in 
the Colonial and Revolutionary armies, and representatives in the general 
court. 



373 John Stocking and Frances Hurd had: 

(670) Joseph, b. 1835. m. Emma Cone. 

(671) Harriet, b. . m. Bigelow, res. Worthington, Minn, 

John d. October 12, 1854. 



376 George Stocking and Catherine Hurlbut had: 

(672) Charles Henry, b. September 4, 1844. m. December 21, 1870, 

Mary A. Cox. 

(673) Leverett, b. June 11, 1846. m. September, 1867, Eunice Avery, 

George d. April 22, 1862. Res. Portland, Conn. His widow m. Edward 
Edwards, who d. in 1887. 



52 The Stocking Ancestry 

393 Lucy Stocking and Henry Spaulding had: 

(674) Mary. 

(675) Lucy. 

(676) Caroline. 

(677) Eliza. 

(678) Maria. 

(679) Hiram. 

(680) Oren. 

(681) Franklin. 

(682) James. 

(683) Albert. 

Lucy d. January 3, 1877. Henry d. February 25, 1877. 



395 Philo W. Stocking and Nancy J. A. Reynolds had: 

(684) George Washburn, b. November 26, 1834. m. February 14, 1867, 

Harriet Byrd Gillespie. 

(685) Virginia E. C, b. August 13, 1836. m. January 5, 1870, Edward 

Roome. 

Philo Stocking was b. in Chatham, Conn. When but four years old, 
his parents rem. to Batavia, N. Y., where they res. about twenty-five years.' 
In 1833 Philo rem. to Wheeling, Va., and in 1834 married Miss Nancy J. 
Reynolds of that city, and engaged in the jewelry business until 1841, 
when he rem. to Sisterville, Va., carrying on there for forty-one years a 
very successful flouring business. Having become a large land-owner, he 
was the first one in the township to turn it to profitable account by boring 
for oil. His phenomenal farsightedness seemed to many of his fellow- 
citizens little better than a baseless delusion, but he was so confident that 
there was oil in that region, that when seUing or leasing land, he reserved 
m every deed certain oil and mineral rights. On May 22, 1865, he began 
boring a well in Owl Hollow, but after going down 525 feet, the tools were 
lost, and the attempt was abandoned for a time. Later on, abundant oil 
was found, and Philo received one-half of the product as his royalty, thus 
laymg the secure foundations of great financial prosperity for himself and 
family. 

He was an enthusiastic Mason, and was one of a number to found in 
1838, Wheelmg Commandery, Knights Templar, on whose roll of member- 
ship have been the names of some of the most prominent and influential 




PHILO WASHBURN STOCKING. 



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members of the order in the State. At the Triennial Grand Conclave 
which met in Chicago, 1880, Philo, then 76 years old, endured easily the 
fatigue of protracted marches for several days. For many years a stand- 
ing resolution was spread upon the minutes of his Commandery, that all 
the Sir Knights then living should attend his funeral in the event of his 
decease. His sudden death prevented his brethren from enjoying this 
sacred privilege. He d. August 28, 1882, honored and beloved far and 
near. He was emphatically a great man in all the essentials of a genuine 
greatness, pure and upright, generous to the poor, and a devoted husband 
and father. Nancy was b. November 22, 181 5, at Shippensburg, Pa. 



396 Fanny Stewart Stocking and Anson Torpy had: 

(684) Rosina, b. October 12, 1827. 

(685) Daniel, b. October 2, 1837. 

(686) Reuben, b. May 9, 1844. 

Fanny S. d. July 8, 1873. Anson d. February 2, 1890. Res. Elba, 
Genesee Co., N. Y. 



398 Phcfibe Maria Stocking and Dr. S. P. Choate had: 

(687) George. 

(688) Harriet. 

(689) Fannie. 

Phoebe Maria d. November 16, 1845. Dr. Choate d. May 20, 1893. 
Res. Three Rivers, Mich. 



399 Hon. Moses Stocking and Anna Loomis had: 

(690) Mary R., b. August 21, 1839. m. November 24, 1868, Jonathan 

Tyson. 

(691) Laura S., b. May 10, 1841. m. December 12, 1870, George Wal- 

radt. 

(692) Chas. Lyell, b. April 10, 1843. m. Septeinber 7, 1871, Martha 

Jane Burr, of Eldred, Neb. 

(693) George Halsey, b. February 17, 1846. m. December 16, 1874, 

Emma A. Cook; m. 2d, March 27, 1900, Mary A. Patterson. 



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(694) William Squires, b. November 8, 1848. m. November 5, 1889, 

Dora Goodwin, of Ottawa, Kan. 

(695) Rose Adell, b. February 20, 1851. m. November 24, 1870, 

Edwin T. White, of Hope, Ind. 

(696) Flora M., b. April 7, 1853. m. May 22, 1881, Wm. P. Bosworth, 

of Fort Collins, Cal. 

(697) Cyrus Fremont, b. July 21, 1857. d. young. 

(698) Jessie Elizabeth, b. November 26, 1859. m. January 19, 1882, 

John F. Hecht, of Wahoo, Neb. 

Hon. Moses Stocking was b. in New Berlin, Chenango Co., N. Y., April 
181 3. Obliged to labor hard for his daily bread, and having but little 
chance for even a limited school training, yet possessing a retentive memory, 
and incited by a noble ambition, he eventually became one of the most 
remarkable characters in his day and generation. At the age of 17, he 
received a tempting offer from Batavia, N. Y., to learn the drug business, 
and to become eventually a physician, but his father's broken constitution 
and the needs of the family forced him to become a frontiersman. Six 
years later, November 3, 1835, he took passage on the steamer North 
American, at Buffalo, bound for Detroit, Mich. A violent storm over- 
took the ship when attempting to pass the hull of the old Superior, Commo- 
dore Perry's flag-ship, then aground in the harbor, and the steamer was 
run aground, losing her anchors, and being not a little damaged. Moses 
landed at Erie, walked to Ashtabula, staged to Willsville on the Ohio River, 
tramped on to Wheeling, W. Va.-, and after a brief visit with a brother, 
started again with a heavy pack on his shoulders, barely escaping a high- 
way robber who was lying in wait for him. He walked to Dayton, 0., 
thence up the Miami Valley to Fort Wayne, down the Wabash to Hunt- 
ingdon, then north through forests inhabited by howling wolves, until he 
reached St. Joe Co., Mich. Resting here for sixteen months to recover 
from an attack of inflammatory rheumatism, the financial depression of 
1837 drove him back to New York State. In 1838 he married, and with 
his father and family went to Michigan, where they toiled for fourteen 
years, after which they were driven by sickness, suflfering, and hard labor 
to seek a more congenial climate, 

March 16, 1853, found Moses with a team of horses and $700 in cash at 
Glenwood, Iowa. The Michigan farm of 186 acres had been sacrificed for 
the paltry sum of $2,000. From Iowa he pushed on farther west, and on 
September 28 of the same year he arrived at the Sacramento River, worn 
out by fatigue and peril. One year later he returned to Michigan, via the 
Isthmus and New York, closed up his affairs, and kept his Christmas with 
his family in Glenwood, Iowa. There being no educational advantages 



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here for his children, he crossed the river to Four Mile Creek, Cass Co., 
Neb., where he rented a farm, built a log cabin, and raised a good crop of 
wheat and corn, which was, however, consumed by a prairie fire. While 
attending the funeral of a sister at Glenwood, the Pawnee Indians stole 
his stock. His sister and her husband having died within a few days of 
each other, their children were added to Moses' family, giving him twelve 
persons to feed and educate on the verge of the terrible winter of '56 and 
'57. An unfortunate investment in the Cedar Town Site badly crippled 
him ; most of the crop raised on his forty-five acres was destroyed by the 
storm of October, 1857. 

The discovery of gold in Colorado led Moses, with a small party, to 
that hitherto almost unknown Western region, and while waiting for the 
spring season to open, they founded the present city of Denver. Return- 
ing home for supplies, Moses found a commercial panic had so increased 
the price of stock and of food that he concluded to enlarge his farming 
business, and with a much larger acreage he raised a splendid crop, which 
the furious storm of June 10 utterly destroyed, besides subjecting him to 
great personal peril. The following year he left his farm in charge of his 
wife and three sons, and organized an overland freighting business with 
Denver, on a salary of $400 per annum, until 1863, traveling about 3,500 
miles each year. 

In the spring of 1864 Moses became a drover, and eventually a raiser of 
sheep, in which business he was so successful that he was called the "king 
sheep raiser." A splendid stock and fruit farm of 1,040 acres, besides 
much other valuable real estate, was the ultimate reward for the indom- 
itable energy which had bravely buffeted so many misfortunes, and which 
would have crushed any man of weaker mould. 

Moses rem. his family to Saunders Co., where they enjoyed the ample 
fruits of their joint toils. He was the first man to introduce blooded cattle 
into the county; was county commissioner, member for life of the State 
Board of Agriculture, director of the State Horticultural Society, presi- 
dent of the Wool and Sheep Growers' Association, vice-president of the 
Fine Stock Breeders' Association, charter member of the State Historical 
Society, and a member of the committee on awards on wool at the Centen- 
nial Exposition in Philadelphia, 1876, himself receiving an award on wool 
raised on his farm. 

He was a ready and fluent writer, a frequent contributor to periodical 
literature, and was often appointed speaker at popular gatherings. A 
Republican in politics, he was not a politician, though he was nearly nomi- 
nated for Governor in the Lincoln convention. Forming his opinions with 
deliberation, he uttered them with candor and courage, and when he spoke, 
people listened. He was generous, hospitable, and self-sacrificing for 



56 The Stocking Ancestry 

others, and would walk many miles to assist prospective settlers in prop- 
erly locating. While examining lands for the B. & M. Railway he caught 
a severe cold, resulting in frequent hemorrhages of the lungs, from which 
he finally died at Wahoo, September 30, 1881, his funeral being attended 
by the largest concourse of people ever seen in the county. Anna, his wife, 
d. February 13, 1899. 



400 John Isham Stocking and Polly Wisner Clark had: 

(699) Cyrus Clark, b. February 17, 1848. d. 1852. 

Polly W. d. September 15, 1851, and John Isham 
m. 2d Mrs. Fanny (Loomis) Brown, of Alexan- 
der, N. Y., September 18, 1852. They had: 

(700) George Washington, b. September 17, 1854. m. January i, 1881, 

Annie Marie Holbrook. 

(701) Andrew Jackson, b. June 28, i860, d. young. 

(702) Lucy EHzabeth, b. September 3, 1861. m. Harlan P. Slocum. 

Fanny B. d. at Flowerfield, Perkins Co., Mich., October 24, 1887. John 
I. d. there December 2, 1889. 



401 Rev. Daniel Nash Stocking and Eleanor A. Gill had: 

(703) David Nash, b. December 4, 1843. Soldier in Civil War. d. at 

Duval's Bluff, Ark., September 26, 1863. 

(704) Harriet Armanda, b. September 12, 1845. d. September 16, 1862, 

at Flowerfield, Mich. 

(705) Emma Elizabeth, b. November 26, 1847. m. September 22, 1866, 

Samuel Tackaberry. He d. October 13, 1881. 

(706) Lucy Adelaide, b. May 12, 1851. m. October 29, 1868, George 

F. Saddler. 

(707) WilHamHenry, b. June22, 1855. m. May 15, 1 881, Mary Watson. 

(708) Cynthia Jane, b. March 31, i86o. d. September 13, 1891, at 

Yankee Springs, Mich. 

(709) Arthur Mead, b. August 19, 1863. m. April 25, 1894, Emma 

Daymond. 

Wife Eleanor was b. April 27, 1824. Dau. of William Gill, St. Joe Co., 
Mich. d. at Yankee Springs, Mich., September 6, 1891. Rev. Daniel N. 
resides there at the present time. He is a Presbyterian minister. 



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402 Mary Stocking and Edward Arnold had: 

(710) Ursula Elizabeth, b. August 9, 1843. m. January i, 1862, Henry 

Eikenburg. 

(711) Halsey Edward, b. April 3, 1845. 

(712) Flora Sophia, b. October 19, 1854. d. March 28, . 

Mary d. October 28, 1856. Edward Arnold was b. April 8, 181 7. Dec. 



405 Nancy Ann Stocking and William Garrison had: 

(713) Leo WilHam, b. July 7, 1861, at Elba, N. Y. 

(714) John Gary, b. April 9, 1863, in Denver. 

Nancy Ann d. at Castle Rock, Col., October 10, 1896. William is also d. 



408 Howell Stocking and Mary Gilbert had: 

(715) Sylvester H., b. October 3, 1802. m. December 4, 1824, Laura 

Schemerhorn. 

(716) George, d. unm., aged 26. 

(717) Jackson, m. Mrs. Eliza Ely. Res. Scranton, Pa. 

(718) Lucy Hobby, m. Andrew Hull. Res. Prattsville, 111. 

(719) Lois, m, William Newcomb. 

(720) Sally, m. Lawrence Wolcott, 

(721) Polly, m. Thomas Jones. 

(722) Rachel Ann, m. Lawson Newcome. 

Howell was a ship carpenter, b. January 7, 1776, d. January 18, 1868. 
Mary Gilbert was b. September 9, 1775. Res. Catskill, N. Y., and at other 
places. 



411 Eunice Stocking and David Savage had: 

(723) David. 

(724) Sylvester. 

(725) Lucy. 

(726) Sarah Maria, b. July 10, 1803. m. October 24, 1826, Elisha 

James Davis. She d. November 27, 1890, leaving son James, 
b. April 17, 1828. m. September 27, 1853, Jane Poole, 



58 The Stocking Ancestry 



and they had children Frederick Elisha, Anna Mary, and 

Agnes Jane. m. McDonald. 

(727) Louisa. 

Eunice was b. in Glastonbury, Conn. 



419 Chester Stocking and Clarissa Lee had: 

(728) Wells, b. December 23, 181 1. m. October 15, 1837, Lucetta C. 

Phelps; m. 2d Emeline Brainard. 

(729) William Halsey, b. February 27, 1814. m. September 18, 1843, 

Mercy Amelia Talcott. 

(730) Lester E., b. June 29, 181 8. m. Margaret Hood; m. 2d Mercy 

Whetstone. 

(731) George, b. January 19, 1819. m. March 9, 1838, Jane Bosworth. 

(732) Harriet M., b. July 27, 1 82 1, d. March 15, 1832. 

(733) Henry A., b. November 4, 1823. m. August 7, 1851, Sarah 

Wakeland. 

(734) Jabin Strong, b. January 31, 1826. m. April 19, 1849, Susan 

Randall. 

(735) Louisa A., b. March 5, 1828. d. September 9, 1845. 

(736) Horace, b. August 6, 1830. m. December 6, 1855, Lucinda Hud- 

son; m. 2d Malvina Lovelace. 

(737) Chester Lucius, b. September 2, 1835. m. 

Chester was apprenticed to the blacksmith trade when quite young, 
married at the age of 18, and at the age of 24, with his wife and three little 
boys, journeyed from Glastonbury, Conn., to Madison, Ohio, in an ox-cart. 
He lived for several years on what is called the Middle Ridge, and later 
removed to Thompson, Ohio, in both of which places he worked at his 
trade of blacksmithing. He shod the first horse in Madison, and made the 
iron work for the first bridge across Grand River. Later he became a 
sailor on Lake Erie, and was for a time mate of his vessel. He was short 
and stout, with ruddy complexion, blue eyes, and red-brown hair, jovial 
in disposition, and a great social favorite. In his old age he was known 
and widely beloved as "Grandpa Stocking," the center of a large circle of 
kinsfolk and friends. He died at the home of his son, Wm. Halsey, in 
Madison, Ohio, November 22, 1876, and in the communion of the Epis- 
copal Church. 

Clarissa Lee, wife of Chester, was dau. of Linus Lee, Glastonbury, Conn., 
b. November 4, 1792, a comely woman of dark complexion, dark eyes and 



The Stocking Ancestry 59 

hair, quiet in disposition, somewhat reserved in manner, a devoted wife 
and mother, and an exemplary Christian. She d, at the home of her son 
Lester, near Booneville, Ind., January 31, 1851. 



424 James Stocking and Mary Loomis had: 

(738) Henry James, m. CaroHne McCHntock. 

(739) Harriet, b. May 12, 1812. m. September 13, 1830, Jabez W. 

Fairbanks. 

(740) Harrison, b. . 

(741) Hariette, b. . m. George Wood, of Lansboro. 

(742) Horace, b . 

(743) Henrietta, b. . m. Waldo Fuller. 

(744) Homer, b. August 24, 1824. m. February 15, 1847, Maria L. 

Merryfield, of Dalton, Mass. 

Res. Pittsfield, Mass. James served in the Rev. War as private in 
Capt. Edward Eel's Co., Col. Comfort Sage's Battery, Conn. Militia. Mary 
d. in Pittsfield, in i860. 



427 Austin Stocking and Charlotte Rexford had: 

(745) Reuben, b. November 26, 1812. m. Nancy Toms, of Pine Plains, 

N. Y. 

(746) Mary Ann, b. December 16, 1813. m. January 29, 1834, Gilbert 

Stewart. 

(747) Russell, b. April 9, 1816. Res. Red Hook, N. Y. Wagon-maker. 

d. in Coxsackie, N. Y. 

(748) Ralph, b. October 4, 1818. m. Lucretia Wilkinson. Res. Amer- 

ica, N. Y. A farmer. 

(749) Maryette, b. April 7, 1820. m. March 28, 1843, Isaac West. 

(750) Richard, b. October 14, 1823. Blacksmith. 

(751) Maria, b. June 5, 1828. m. O. Benjamin. 

(752) Ransler, b. . m. July 4, 1853, Mary Keefer. 

(753) Charlotte, b. . m. Isaac West. 

Austin was a manufacturer of edge tools, and res. in Southwick, Mass., 
where most of his children were born, and he d. in Sharon, Conn., Novem- 
ber 17, 1746. Charlotte was b. in Boston, July 3, 1794, and d. in Penn 
Yan, N. Y., 1885. Austin was drum major in the War of 181 2. 



6o The Stocking Ancestry 

430 Sidney Stocking and Louisa Tennant had: 

(754) Almira M., b. February 12, 1811. m. May 21, 1828, Sanford 

Prouty. 

(755) Harriet, b. February 17, 1813. d. August 18, 1826. 

(756) Sophia C, b. August 17, 1817. m. December 22, 1836, Cyrus 

Shumway. 

(757) Zalmon Stewart, b. July 31, 1819. m. Eliza Dudley. 

(758) Laura A., b. August 7, 1821. m. May 15, 1862, George N. Gove. 

(759) Jeremiah, b. May 11, 1824. d. April 17, 1847. 

(760) Alexander Irwin, b. March 14, 1826. d. August 27, 1841. 

(761) Fernando, b. March 27, 1829. d. June 25, 1832. 

(762) Sidney F., b. July 20, 1832. d. June 19, 1896. 

(763) Louise M., b. February 19, 1837. m. July 7, 1857, Dr. C. R. 

Taft. 

Sidney was b. in Glastonbury, Conn., March 11, 1792. Res. in Ches- 
hire, Conn., Hannibal, N. Y., and settled finally at Oswego, N. Y. In 
1833 he rem. to the West, induced thereto by its promise of greater and 
more permanent agricultural prosperity. The family traveled in wagons 
to Buffalo, where Sidney was given charge of a canal-boat bound for Cleve- 
land. The first day out a terrible storm swept over Lake Erie, endan- 
gering the lives of all on board, but they providentially arrived at Cleve- 
land, entered the river, and made their way to Akron, 0., where they 
settled on a small farm at Portage, two miles from Akron. Sidney d. 
September 3, 1840, and his son Alexander d. the next year, leaving the 
family sorely bereaved. In 1842 the family rem. to Massilon, O., where 
Jeremiah d. in 1847. In 1858 they rem. to Mansfield, O., where they 
remained until scattered by marriages. Louisa was a capable, resolute, 
God-fearing woman, bearing early trial and privation nobly, and bringing 
up her family in those sturdy principles that made every child successful 
in after life. She d. at the home of her dau. Laura, Whiteford Center, 0., 
in 1882, aged 90 years. 



431 Rev. Solon Stocking and Harriett Hurlburt had no 
children. Solon m. 2d, July 14, 18 14, Nancy 
Piper and had: 

(764) De Witt CHnton, b. March 10, 181 5. d. May 10, 1888. unm. 

(765) De Lafayette, b. October 12, 1816. d. January 6, 1872. unm. 



The Stocking Ancestry 6i 



(766) Delia Ann, b. January 17, 1819. m. June i, 1844, John M. 

Hughes; m. 2d, June 30, 1870, Harvey Risk. She d. August 
5. 1897. 

Wife Nancy P. d. January 30, 18 19, and Solon m. 
3d Mehitable Patterson, August 20, 1826. They 
had: 

(767) Darwin, b. June 26, 1827. m. Francis Seymour. He d. Feb- 

ruary 9, 1 89 1. 

(768) Diantha Jane, b. June 12, 1833. m. October i, i860, Ransom 

Curran. She d. August 27, 1889. 

(769) Delphine Sophia, b. October 7, 1835. m. July 19, 1886, A. J. 

King, res. Hammonton, N. J. 

(770) Dennison, b. January i, 1838. m. February 3, 1868, Eugenia 

Tircuit. 

(771) Delinda Eloise, b. June 18, 1840. m. September 2, i860, Cyrus 

J. Brownell. 

(772) Deborah Katherine, b. December 12, 1844. m. June 2, 1861, 

Jesse E. Folk. 

Rev. Solon was a presiding elder for many years in the M. E. Church, 
and res. for a considerable time in Binghamton, N. Y., where he d. October 
8, 1867. Wife Mehitable d. February 24, 1883. 



432 Septerius Stocking and Susan Strong had: 

(773) Mary Catherine, b. August 4, 1824. m. August 4, 1845, Dr. 

Dexter Tucker. 

(774) Roderick Strong, b. January 12, 1829. m. Mary A. "Willis. 

(775) Jeremiah S., b. February, 1830. d. young. 

(776) Susan Emma, b. April 5, 1836. d. February 20, 1848. 

Susan was dau. of Demas Strong, of Middle Haddam, and a lady of 
remarkable beauty. She d. April 14, 1836. Septerius m. 2d Jane Wilkin- 
son, and d. at Stockbridge. Mass., May 22, 1882. In his early years, Sep- 
terius was in mercantile life in Hartford, Conn., but he abandoned that for 
the dental profession, which he followed for many years in Boston. 



433 Samantha Stocking and Asahel Strong had: 

(777) Delia Ann. 

(778) Betsey, m. Joel Gould. 



62 The Stocking Ancestry 

(779) Nancy, m. Coe. 

(780) Benoni. 

(781) Mary. 

Res. rem. from Haddam, Conn., to Vestal, N. Y., in 1825. After the 
death of her husband, she went with her son. Benoni, to the valley of the 
Mississippi River, and after the loss of their property there returned to the 
Upper Mississippi, and d. at the home of her daughter. 



434 Sophronius Stocking and Polly Matson had: 

(782) Charles P., b. September 19, 1817. m. December 21, 1842, 

Charity A. Downs. 

(783) Mary Jane, b. January 18, 1820. m. J. C. Downs. 

(784) Eliza Ann, b. October 14, 182 1. m. Rufus L. Herrick. 

(785) Charlotte P., b. June 2, 1824. m. November, 1843, Cranston 

Jackson. 

(786) Joseph C, b. January 6, 1826. m. October 8, 1857, Cynthia 

Elizabeth Carey. 

(787) George L., b. September 6, 1827. m. June 29, 1853, Mary M. 

Russell. 

(788) Martha P., b. September 10, 1829. d. young. 

(789) Ezra B.. b. July 18, 1832. m. 1880, Miss Janes. She d. 

1891. 

(790) Sabura S., b. October 22, 1833. m. 1856, Charlotte E. Higgins. 

(791) Martha Philena, b. November 8, 1835. m. Hiram B. Patrick. 

Rev. Sophronius was a Methodist minister. He was b. in Glastonbury, 
Conn., and d. in Rockford, 111., 1880. Wife Polly d. 1886, at Albia, la. 
He joined the M. E. Church when nine years of age, and became a licensed 
preacher in 181 8, admitted to the Genesee Conference in 1828; rem. to 
Illinois in 1839; was stationed in Chicago until 1841; presiding elder of 
the Mt. Morris District, 1841; of the Rock River, 1842; of the Ottawa, 
1843; of the Rock River, 1844; of the Racine, 1845 and '46, closing an 
active ministry of :i^ years in 1855. Ill health then relegated him to the 
position of a superannuated minister. He d. beloved and regretted by 
the Church he had served so long and so faithfully, and by a host of sorrow- 
ing relatives and friends. 



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435 Rev. Sevillius Stocking and Elizabeth Smith had: 

(792) Adelia Ann, b. August i, 1823. m. Orlando F. Yale. 

(793) Charlotte S. J., b. June 9, 1825. m. September 8, 1841, Levi 

Moulthrop. 

(794) Summerfield Septerius.b. May 23, 1827. m. December 27, 1845, 

Betsey Tyler; m. 2d, December 27, 1852, Christina Eldridge. 

Rev. SevilHus m. 2d, August 6, 1847, Mrs. Mary 
(McKinley) Gardner, b. in Glasgow, Scotland, 
January 8, 181 5. They had: 

(795) Lamertine, b. November 29, 1848. m. December 24, 1869, Ellen 

Howarth. 

(796) Mary Serilla, b. July 22, 1850. Unm. d. September 17, 1873. 

(797) Serenius Sabura, b. April 20, 1854. d. young. 

(798) Rev. Oliver Eastborn, b. July 10, 1856. m. October 29, 1885, 

Jennie Leithead. 

Rev. Sevillius was b. in Glastonbury, Conn. ; entered the ministry of 
the Protestant Episcopal Church, and was settled in Baltimore. He with- 
drew from the ministry, changed his name to Stogden, and settled in Wil- 
mington, Del., where he d. March 17, 1856. His 2d wife d. January 10, 
1875. She was a descendant of the Ross McKinley clan of Scotland, and 
her ancestor was the signer in his own blood of the "Solemn League and 
Covenant." 



436 Serilla Stocking and Brazilla Buck had: 

(799) Jeremiah 0. 

(800) John S. B. 

(801) Wilber F. 

(802) Samantha, m. Sizer. 

Brazilla was killed in a saw-mill at East Glastonbury, Conn. 



437 Serenius S. Stocking and Juliana Baker had: 

(803) Sarah Jane, b. August 23, 1828. m. July 3, 1856, Nathan Marvin 

Belden, of Wilton, Conn. 

(804) Susan A., b. September 29, 1832. d. young. 



64 The Stocking Ancestry 

(805) Sabura S., b. January 24, 1830. m. M. Louise Carter, of Nor- 

wich, Conn. 

(806) Edwin Ruthven, b. January 26, 1833. d. July 14, 1848. 

(807) Charles Henry Wright, b. October 31, 1835. m. September 21, 

1865, Isabelle W. Holcomb. 

(808) Frank Baker, b. December 6, 1837. m. September 19, 1891, 

Mary Eliza Edwards. 

(809) Dwight Clifford, b. November 17, 1841. m. February 14, 1871, 

Addie Bryant. He d. September 11, 1878. 

(810) Florence, b. December 2, 1846. d. 1848. 

(811) Theodore Bertrand, b. June 21, 1844. m. Lizzie Quail. 

(812) Arthur, b. April 7, 1850. m. April 3, 1878, Etta Lawton. Res. 

Boston, Mass. 

Serenius S. was b. in Glastonbury, Conn., July 13, 1804; was engaged 
in manufacturing for the greater part of his life. He bought a farm in 
Canterbury, Conn., where he d. April 13, 1885. He was a staunch poli- 
tician of the old Whig party, afterwards the Republican; a musician in 
the State Militia, and a warden of St. Peter's Church, Plymouth. He is 
buried in Wilton, Conn. Juliana Baker was b. September 10, 1809, in Tol- 
land, Conn. She was the dau. of John Baker, Esq., and Alice Jewett, his 
wife, who was dau. of Col. David Jewett, surgeon in the Connecticut Line 
Rev. War, and granddaughter of John Jewett, who m. Elizabeth Cum- 
mings, of Topsfield, February 2, 1661. John Baker, father of Juliana, was 
one of the original proprietors of Tolland, Conn., and a man of property. 



438 Rev. Selah Stocking and Mary H. Blood had: 

'813) Solon Walter, b. May 5, 1834. unm. 

'814) Mary Sinton, b. September 22, 1835. d. September 26, 1865. 

Unm. 
;8i5) Herbert Blood, b. July 6, 1841. d. February 22, 1853. 
^816) Edgar Blood, b. April 17, 1843. m. September 4, 1867, Emily 

Chapman; m. 2d Sarah Chapman. 
;8i7) Ellen, b. April 17, 1843. d. young. 
;8i8) Oliver Brown, b. August 27, 1851. d. young. 

Rev. Selah, the seventh son of Rev. Jeremiah Stocking, was b. in Glas- 
tonbury, Conn., May 9, 1806. In the atmosphere of a home whose domi- 
nating idea was the service of God and devotion to the spiritual welfare of 
one's fellowmen, it is no matter of surprise that young Selah, at the age of 





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18, became an ardent member of the M. E. Church. Two years later he 
was appointed class leader, and his success in this position so clearly dem- 
onstrated his fitness for its higher ministry, that he renounced all thought 
of a business career, and on April 3, 1827, he entered the Wilbraham Acad- 
emy, then under the presidency of the Rev. Wilbur Fiske. In 1829 he 
was licensed to preach at Marblehead and Hingham, Mass. ; ordained 
deacon at New Bedford in 1830, and assigned to the Church in Andover, 
and to Lynn in 1831; ordained elder at Providence, R. I., in 1832, and 
assigned to Newburyport. On July 20 of the same year, he married Miss 
Mary N. Blood, a woman of sterling Christian character, and to her patient 
and unswerving self-sacrifice and intelligent helpfulness in the laborious 
life of a Methodist itinerancy, her husband always attributed a great por- 
tion of his ministerial success. In 1833 he was transferred to the Oneida 
Conference, and stationed at Wilkesbarre, Pa.; 1835, Skamatetes, N. Y. ; 
1836 to Windsor, N. Y., circuit, the only one he served upon; 1837, Berk- 
shire, N. Y. ; 1838, Courtland, N. Y. ; 1839, Windsor Circuit for a second 
time; 1840, Auburn, N. Y.; 1841, Courtland, N. Y., for a second time; 
1843, Cazenovia, N. Y. ; 1845, Saquoit; 1846, presiding elder Chenango 
District for four years; 1850, Sherburne, N. Y. ; 1851, Oxford; 1852, 
Clinton, N. Y. ; 1854, Manlius, N. Y.; 1855, Pittston, Pa.; 1858, Fort 
Plain, N. Y.; i860, Stockbridge, N. Y. ; 1862, Canastota, N. Y. ; 1864, 
Marcellus, N. Y. ; 1867, Auburn, N. Y., for a second time; 1868, Dryden; 
1869, Elbridge; 1871, Jamesville and Devitt, N. Y. ; 1874, Manlius. 

In closing his work as presiding elder of the Chenango, N. Y., District, 
and while in attendance at the Conference at Honesdale, N. Y., he was 
prostrated with sickness resulting from overwork, and for a time it was the 
common feeling of his colleagues that his life would close. Providence, 
however, had further work for this faithful servant. In 1855, by reason 
of impaired health, he was by request placed upon the superannuated list, 
where he remained for three years. But even then when strength per- 
mitted he was at work for the Master. He writes: "These years, how- 
ever, were among the most successful 01 my life. Visiting old friends in 
the Wyoming Valley, at Wilkesbarre, Pa., and spending a few days at 
Pittston, my services were sought for the next Conference year. Nearly 
fifty were added to the church by conversion, some of whom were of the 
first families of the place. The wealth of the church was doubled, and the 
church was greatly improved in its social position." 

Speaking of his charge at Wilkesbarre in 1833: "At this place I was 
favored with the first great and, perhaps, the most extensive revival of 
religion of my whole ministerial life. It commenced at an out appoint- 
ment near Nanticoke in a series of meetings. After these, similar meet- 
ings were held at Wilkesbarre. Some eighty or a hundred were at the 



66 The Stocking Ancestry 

altar and in the front pews at one time. More than one hundred were 
hopefully converted. Some of the converts became eminent for piety and 
usefulness, and are now, after a lapse of more than thirty-five years, promi- 
nent members of the church." 



439 Dr. Sabin Stocking and Matilda Buck had no 
children. 

He was a physician of celebrity, res. in Glastonbury, where he built 
up a large and lucrative practice extending far beyond his native town. 
He served as regimental surgeon in the Civil War, from August 29, 1862, 
to July 19, 1865. 



440 Rev. Sabura Stebbins Stocking and Sarah Mallory 
had no children. 

He was b. in Glastonbury, Conn., and d. at Jamaica, N. Y., May 
12, 1896. He was the youngest and largest of a family of eleven 
children, attaining the height of six feet, four inches, and when at his 
best, a weight of 320 pounds. He was graduated with high honors 
from Wesley an College in 1835; was ordained priest in the Episcopal 
Church by Bishop Brownell, of Connecticut, in 1841, and was successively 
rector of St. Andrew's Church, Meriden, and Trinity Church, Newtown, 
Conn., the latter being at that time one of the largest and most influential 
in the diocese. An attack of acute laryngitis obliged him to resign his 
parish in 1850, and he rem. to Orange, N. J., founded St. Mark's Hall, a 
classical boarding school for boys, where he taught for ten years, retiring 
in i860 with a comfortable fortune. After a temporary residence in New 
York City, he purchased a home in Jamaica, Long Island, where he resided 
until his death. In 1862 he became rector of Grace Church, South Oyster 
Bay, Long Island, holding the position for 29 years, being made Rector 
Emeritus in 189 1. He married in 1840, Miss Sarah Mallory, of Poultney, 
Vt., daughter of the Hon. Rollin C. Mallory, U. S. Senator from that dis- 
trict, who survives him, residing in Jamaica, Long Island. 

Rev. Mr. Stocking was one of the most conspicuous figures in the various 
communities where he had lived. Stately in figure, courtly in manner, 
and of a charming social personality, he was regarded by every one as the 
beau ideal of a gentleman and clergyman. St. Mark's Hall sent out many 
sons of gentlemen high in social hfe and financial standing, all of whom 
invariably loved and remembered him with enthusiasm. He was buried 




REV. SABURA STEBBINS STOCKING. 



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in Grace Church cemetery, Jamaica, Bishop Abram Littlejohn, Rev. Dr. 
G. W. Smith, president of Trinity College, and other clergymen, officiating. 
A minute was adopted by the assembled clergy, expressing their esteem 
for the deceased priest, who had served at the altar faithfully for more 
than fifty years. His remains He at the foot of a superb and stately cross, 
erected by himself in anticipation of his departure, on which is the inscrip- 
tion selected by himself, "A Me Abeat Gloria, Nisi in Cruce," " God forbid 
that I should glory, save in the cross of Jesus Christ. " Requiescat in pace. 



442 Hannah Shaler Stocking and Ansel Strong had: 

(819) Reuben, b. June 6, 1815. 

(820) Benjamin, b. August 21, 181 7. 

(821) David Brainerd, b. September 24, 181 9. 

(822) Hezekiah Bulkley, b. January 31, 1823. m. 1843, Caroline Stock- 

ing. 

Hannah d. September 14, 1826. Ansel Strong was b. October 3, 1789. 
Was a member of the Connecticut legislature. 



443 Hezekiah Stocking and Abigail Hubbard had: 

(823) Benjamin, b. . m. Louisa Benedict. 

(824) Harriet, b. . m. Andrew Morehouse, of Fabins, N. Y. 

(825) Caroline, b. . m. 1843, Hezekiah B. Strong. 

(826) Sidney, b. . m. Margaret Washburn, of Manlius, N. Y. 

(827) Adaline, b. . m. George Dann, of Whitewater, Wis. 

(828) Abigail, b. . m. Vail. 

Res. Springfield, N. Y. Hezekiah d. May 22, 1864. 



444 Rev. George Abner Stocking and Tryphena Coe had: 

(829) Reuben C, b. May 20, 1814. d. December 11, 1836. unm. 

(830) Dimcis Tryphena, b. 1816. m. 1837, Josiah V. Griggs, M. D. 

She d. at Montezuma, N. Y., 1882. 

(831) George Wesley, b. 1820. m. Matilda Bush; m. 2d Tamar Pound. 

(832) Mary Lucinda, b. 1821. d. 1837. unm. 



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(833) Dr. Charles Giles, b. June 23, 1822. m. December 25, 1844, Mary 

Woodhull. 

(834) Solon Cook, b. June i, 1823. m. Mrs. Cynthia (Ostrander) Hill. 

(835) Emily Amelia, b. May 19, 1834. m. December 23, 1853, William 

Kittlehune Wheat, M. D. 

(836) Helen Mary, b. August i, 1838. m. Abram Sturge. 

Rev. George Abner was b. in East Hampton, Conn. He was very tall, 
commanding in person, vigorous in intellect, and strictly logical in the 
application of his theological beliefs. Ordained to the ministry of the 
M. E. Church, he preached a gospel of the old-fashioned type, and his 
preaching is said to have struck terror into sinners. In earlier life he had 
been a drug clerk and a clock-maker, and was for many years a justice of 
the peace in Montezuma, N. Y., where he d. December 21, 1869. Try- 
phena was b. in Chatham, Conn. She d. September 4, 1863, and Rev. 
George m. 2d, October 21, 1864, Mrs. Sarah D. Mack, who d. January 23, 
1898. 



445 David Stocking and had; 

(837) George, d. at Marcellus, N. Y. 
(837A) Ira. 
(837B) Mary. 

Res. Marcellus, N. Y. 



446 Jirah Stocking and Laura Belden had: 

(838) Lazena, m. John Ammack. 

Jirah m. 2d Jerusha Chauncey and had: 

(839) Laura. 

(839A) Isaac Chauncey. Res. Fabins, N. Y. 

Jirah d. October 8, 1878. 



448 Juhus Stocking and£Jii^"'\Vhittlesey had: 

(840) Sidney W., b. . m. October 14, 1853, Charlotte Romine. 

(841) Sophia, b. . m. 1855, Robert Graham. 

(842) Sarah, b. . m. Hon. R. G. Evans.- f-i^uKvi ly^^^elf 

(843) Septus, b. . d. aged 21. 



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Julius m. 2d Mary Phillips of Washington, Pa., and 
had: 

(844) Servilus, b. . d. young. 

(845) Hon. James S., b. December 4, 1839. m. Mary Elizabeth Hallam; 

m. 2d Mary Josephine Robinson. 

(846) Alfred H., b. . m. Arabella Williams; m. 2d Barbara 

Schrecker. 

(847) Mary J., b. . m. William Jenkinson, of Pittsburg. She d. 

No child. 



452 Vienna Brainerd Stocking and Dudley Brown had: 

(847A) Georgiana Vienna Brainerd, m. Charles Stafford, of Westfield, 
Mass. Res. Chicago, 111. 

Dudley Brown was a stonemason. Vienna B. d. in Chicago, and is 
buried in the Peabody cemetery, Springfield, Mass, She was a tall, digni- 
fied woman, and a mother to her younger sisters after their mother's death. 



453 Elisha Day Stocking and Amelia Stebbins had: 

(848) Frances Ann, d. young. 
I (849) Elisha Gunn, d. young. 

Elisha D. was a merchant tailor in Springfield, and later kept a pro- 
vision store. He m. 2d in 1884, — — , his housekeeper, and a very estima- 
ble woman. His later life was that of a man of leisure, and he left a good 
estate to his brother Alexander, including many fine family portraits. He 
d. December 9, 1888, and is buried in the Peabody cemetery, Springfield. 



456 Henry Brainerd Stocking and Abigail Sperry had: 

(850) Charles Henry, b. September 29, 1827. d. September 5, 1855. 

unm. 

Abigail dying, Henry B. m. 2d Eliza King. They 
had: 

(851) Ellen Eliza, b. September 17, 1833. m. August 4, 1853, John 

Wesley Strong. 



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(852) Martha King, b. November 18, 1842. m. September 20, 1864, 

Albert Benjamin Clough. 

(853) Harriet Maria, b. August, 1849. d. July, i860. 

Henry res. in Springfield, Mass.; was a gunsmith, and in 1831-40 kept 
the Armory Hotel. He, with his father, was one of the founders of the 
First Universalist Society there. He presented and planted the great 
elms that have so long adorned State Street opposite Federal Square, and 
also the large maples in the Union Street School yard. During the larger 
part of his life he suffered intensely from rheumatism, which confined him 
to his bed for months at a time, but he bore his afflictions with remarkable 
patience, using his enforced exclusion as a time and school for mental 
improvement, and for contributing to the enjoyment of family and friends. 
He d. May 11, 1869, leaving a good estate. 



457 Ann Sophia Stocking and Edwin Smith had: 

(854) Almira, b. . m. Jesse Bridge, of Wilbraham, Mass. 

(855) Dr. Dudley, res. Springfield, Mass. 

Ann Sophia res. in Springfield, where she d. June 16, 1879. 



458 Sibyl Lamb Stocking and WilHam Bodurtha had: 

(856) Jane E., b. August 16, 1830. m. Edwin S. Wright, July 14, 1852. 

(857) Frances A., b. May 2, 1836. m. April 26, 1858, Wm. W. Amadon. 

(858) Mary A., b. January i, 1841. d. July 26, 1897. unm. 

Res. Springfield, Mass. WilHam was a shoemaker. Sibyl d. Septem- 
ber 17, 1886. 



460 Hannah Day Stocking and Lyman Miller had: 

(859) Ason, b. 1833. 

(860) Frances EHzabeth, b. March 4, 1835. d. young. 

(861) Lyman Alexander, b. August 6, 1836. d. May 27, 1891. 

(862) Robert Emmet, b. August 16, 1839. 

(863) Marion A., b. August 16, 1839. d. August, 1877. 

(864) Sarah J., b. September 13, 1841. 



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(865) Louise E., b. January ii, 1843. '^- December 14, 1869. 

(866) Georgiana, b. October 15, 1845. d. young. 

Mr. Miller d. January 29, 1866. Hannah d. December i, 1898. Res. 
Newport, Covington, and Paducah, Ky., Brookland and Metropolis, 111. 
Son Lyman A. served in the Civil War, promoted from sergeant to captain, 
and was with Sherman in his march to the sea. Robert E. also served in 
the same war as private, for three years in Grant's Division, and in Han- 
cock's afterwards until the end of the war. 



461 Adaline Kellogg Stocking and Lucius B. Fletcher 
had: 

(867) Romine, b. . He served in the Civil War, Co. A, 83d Regt., 

Pennsylvania Vol. 

Adaline and her husband are both buried in Ludlow cemetery, Mass. 



463 Alexander Stocking and Ann Patience Foster had: 

(868) Anna Day, b. April 12, 1839. d. September i, 1843. 

(869) Ann Elizabeth, b. September 19, 1844. m. July 12, 1865, J. 

Edgar Davis. 

(870) Sarah Augusta, b. June 14, 1854. d. 1855. 

(871) Elisha Day, b. August i, 1847. m. 1870, Ella Prentice, d. Feb- 

ruary 24, 1894. 

Res. Worcester, Mass., where Alexander d. January 15, 1895. He was 
an armorer at the U. S. Armory in Springfield for many years ; removed to 
Worcester in 1847, continuing gun-making with Allen & Turber, and others, 
and later on for himself. He was appointed inspector of fire-arms for the 
U, S. government during the Civil War, and afterwards superintendent of 
gun rifle works in Worcester, Mass. Being passionately fond of music, he 
devoted much of his time to it as teacher from 1850-65, and was the 
acknowledged head of the local music world in Worcester, and leader of 
the Unitarian Church choir. In 1865 Admiral Farragut visited the city 
as the guest of ex-Gov. Levi Lincoln, and the two attended divine service 
at this church. To their surprise and delight, and to that of the entire 
congregation, Alexander sang the "Star Spangled Banner," his superb 



72 The Stocking Ancestry 

tenor voice lending so unusual a charm to the national song that the 
admiral sought an introduction to the gifted singer, and expressed his 
cordial thanks for the unexpected pleasure. 



465 Billius Stocking and Patience Gray had: 

(872) Timothy, b. August 13, 1801. d. September i, 1823. 

(873) Isaac G., b. January 11, 1804. m. May 8, 1829, Lainey McDowell. 

(874) Mary M., b. August 14, 1806. m. William Armstrong. 

(875) Billius, Jr., b. June 12, 1808. m. December 5, 1838, Mary Hunt. 

(876) Daniel C, b. August 28, 1810. m September 14, 1837, Mary 

Hanna. 

(877) Martha S., b. May 12, 1812. m. August 31, 1830, Henry McFad- 

den. 

(878) Harriet N., b. December 26, 1814. m. George McFadden. 

(879) James F., b. October 2, 181 7. m. October 8, 1846, Jane Cham- 

bers. 

(880) Melissa, b. February 9, 1820. m. R. Spooner. 

(881) Dr. Duncan F., b. August 26, 1822. m. Susan Whiteside. 

Billius was b. in Sandisfield, Mass., August 7, 1779, and d. October 11, 
1 85 1. He was a farmer, and elder of the Presbyterian Church. Patience 
was b. December 23, 1776, d. April 20, 1850. She was dau. of Isaac and 
Elizabeth (Baker) Gray, whose fathers were captains in the Revolutionary 
army. This family res. in Lisbon, N. Y. 



467 Otis Isam Stocking and Prudence Thayer had: 

(882) Adahne S., b. April 24, 1830. m. Leonard Jackson. She d. 1889. 

(883) Montsire D., b. May 12, 1832. m. July 4, 1855, EHzabeth Myers. 

(884) Marcia, b. September 17, 1834. m. December 24, 1852, Herman 

Wicks. 

(885) Amanda S., b. January 10, 1836. m. Frederick Small. 

(886) Alena D., b. May 13, 1838. m. December 25, 1856, Herbert 

Small. 

(887) Henry J., b. November 4, 1840. m. December 25, 1864, Helen 

Wagar. 

(888) Alsina L., b. May 14, 1842. m. January i, 1856, WilHam L. 

Wicks. 



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(889) Lailey Hezekiah, b. September 5, 1844. m. Julia Bates. 

(890) Andrew J., b. September 10, 1845. m. July 18, 1868, Elna E. 

Burke. 

(891) William S., b. October, 1847. m. Nellie Reckard. Res. Coopers- 

town. A farmer. 

(892) Helen V., b. November 14, 1849. d. July 17, 1865. 

(893) Charlotte, b. September 8, 1851. m. George Lippitt. She d. 

July 27, 1884. 

(894) Harry B., b. April 8, 1855. 

(895) H. Elbert, b. April 8, 1855. m. Elvira Hokam. 

Otis I. was b. in Warren, Herkimer Co., N. Y., and d. October 16, 1883, 
at Cooperstown, N. Y. Prudence was dau. of William Thayer, of Hard- 
wick, Mass. Was b. 1810; rem. to Springfield in 1819, and d. there 1877. 



468 Charles Rathbone Stocking and Margaret Ann Renry 
had: 

(896) George B., b. February 12, 1850. d. November 4, 1865. 

(897) Joseph S., b. October 28, 1851. unm. 

(898) Martin H., b. March 11, 1853. d. February 16, 1867. 

(899) Mary E., b. February 26, 1855. m. William McGinnis. No child. 
(9P0) Addie M., b. January 5, 1858. m. Harry White, of New York 

City. 

(901) Ella C, b. August 3, i860, m. William Adams. 

(902) William H., b. February 8, 1863. unm. 

Charles R. d. February 12, 1897. His widow res. in Cooperstown, N. Y., 
with her son Joseph. 



470 Daniel Azen Stocking and Lucy E. Coleman had: 

(903) Samuel Schuyler, b. 1842. m. Jane Eason. Had dau. Lucy 

and Edith. He d. 1873. 

(904) Alice Davenport, b. July 5, 1843. d. April, 1882. 

(905) Rev. James Brainard, b. December 15, 1848. m. July i, 1876, 

JuHa E. Dole. 

(906) Frank Henry, b. August 24, 1850. m. January i, 1878, Emma 

Kent. Had dau. Phoebe. He d. February, 1902. 



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(907) Alfred D., b. November 9, 1852. m. September i, 1875, -Eliza- 

beth Ward. 

(908) George, b. June 15, 1858. m. December i, 1885, Minnie Den- 

nison. 

Daniel A. d. March 3, 1885. Lucy E. was from Elyria, 0. 



471 Camilla Carpenter Stocking and Owen Sayles had: 

(909) Phoebe Celesta, b. about 1840. m. February 19, 1861, William 
D. Tompkins. 



473 Charles Carpenter Stocking and Lydia Louisa Loom- 
is had: 

(910) Philena, b. March 17, 1835. d. April 24, 1837. 

(911) Edwin, b. December 30, 1836. m. Caroline Peekham. 

(912) Mary Phylena, b. September 15, 1838. m. January 20, 1859, 

John Kidder Fuller. 

(913) Lydia, b. September 6, 1840. d. May 15, 1841. 

(914) Lucia, b. September 6, 1840. d. May 23, 1841. 

(915) Edney, b. August 22, 1845. d. same day. 

(916) Edgar Loomis, b. August 22, 1845. m. October 18, 1875, Mary 

Elizabeth Barnes. 

Charles C. was b. at Springfield, N. Y., d. at Grand Ledge, Mich., Au- 
gust 25, 1887. The career of this remarkable man calls for a fuller sketch 
than is allotted to most of his kinsmen. He was six feet, two and a half 
inches in height, and weighed at one time 300 pounds, a man of hercu- 
lean strength, and his mental corresponded to his physical energy. Edu- 
cated in the common schools of the day, he worked on his father's farm 
during the spring and summer, where he early developed a fondness for 
animals. At eight years of age he owned a pair of steers which he had 
trained to the yoke, and for the next four years his special delight was to 
drive cattle to the Albany market. At the age of sixteen he was the owner 
of land and fine stock of his own raising, which he drove to Albany, and 
then shipped to New York, where, at the Bull's Head Tavern, the drover's 
divided their admiration between his fine sheep and lambs and the "Boy 
Drover," as they called him. This juvenile enterprise soon developed into 
a systematic and organized cattle trade in which he was very prosperous. 
He married, in 1832, Miss Lydia L. Loomis, an amiable and attractive 



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young lady, who proved to be a most loving and devoted helpmeet. Amid 
all his business ventures and engrossing duties, he had found time to 
exhibit a patriotic spirit, and at eighteen years of age, he was commissioned 
lieutenant of militia, being soon promoted to the rank of major. 

In 1833, when loading a drove of cattle at Albany, the herd was pre- 
cipitated into the river, and swam for the opposite shore. His exposure 
to cold and wet in recovering them, resulted in lung fever, from the effects 
of which he never fully recovered. Close upon this affliction came severe 
financial losses through a member of a firm in which he had largely invested, 
and he sold all his property and removed to Adam's Basin, on the Erie 
Canal. Here a daring exploit arrested the attention and admiration of a 
crowd of men at the tavern, who had been competing for a prize of ten 
dollars for breaking a wild colt. After all others had failed, Mr. Stocking 
mounted the wild animal, rode like the wind for several miles, and returned 
the colt three days later, subdued and gentle, to his owner. After spend- 
ing a year or two in different employments, he found his health sufficiently 
restored to engage again in active business, and he became a butcher and 
drover, supplying the markets of Lockport and Rochester. In this busi- 
ness he was again defrauded by a partner whom he simply dismissed with- 
out prosecution. 

A valuable sheep dog which had been stolen, and given up as lost, made 
his way back again on a canal-boat, and with remarkable instinct, leaped 
to the shore when twenty-five miles away from his old home, and bounded 
into the arms of his kind and attached master. 

In 1842 he engaged also in the provision business, taking as a partner 
one James Powers, an Englishman. The following year he purchased the 
"G" and the "Wilkinson," the latter for transporting both provisions and 
passengers on the Erie Canal. On one occasion his boat was attacked by a 
crowd of Irish people just returned from a wedding, and full of whiskey. 
He happened to be in the cabin, and with only a club he dispersed the mob, 
leaving many prostrated in the dust by his prodigious strength. 

In 1849 his beloved and noble wife died, and being left with young 
children and an aged father, he married Mrs. Mary Willard, an estimable 
Christian woman. To his other enterprises he added the manufacture of 
cow-bells, and when the N. Y. Central R. R. was begun, he was a heavy 
contractor, building many bridges and all the fences, and distributing ties 
and rails from Niagara Falls to Medina. When the Erie Canal was en- 
larged, he acted as a detective for recovering stolen property, and pre- 
serving order among gangs of foreign and half-savage laborers. 

He early formed a strong friendship with Daniel Drew and Cornelius 
Vanderbilt, with whom he was in frequent business association. In Janu- 
ary, 1866, he moved to Grand Ledge, Mich., and he had vigor enough at 



76 The Stocking Ancestry 

58 years of age to clear 60 acres of land for a farm, and build the necessary- 
houses and barns. He passed to the other life, August 25, 1867, honored 
and regretted by all who knew him, and he was buried in Oakwood Ceme- 
tery, Oneida, Mich, 

479 Rosetta Stocking and Miller had: 

(917) Ophelia, b. . m. Varney, of Olean, N. Y. 

(918) Dehza, b. . m. Dodge, of Pekin, N. Y. 

(919) Charles, b. . d. in Military Hospital at Washington, 1863. 

(920) 

(921) 

(922) 

482 Emily Amelia Stocking and Eli English had: 

(923) Nathan Frederic, b. June 29, 1822. m. December 9, 1845, Emily 

Livermore, Hartland, Vt. 

(924) Jane Ann Brown, b. August 10, 1824. m. Frederic A. Pelton, 

Woodstock, Vt. 

(925) Caroline Elizabeth, b. June 21, 1833. m. September 22, 1851, 

Ezra P. Chandler, Peru, Vt. 



483 Sarah Ann Stocking and Harvey Chapin had: 

(926) Lorenzo Belden, b. November 3, 1823. m. Maria Hull; m. 2d 

Catherine Kilray. He d. July 10, 1890. 

(927) Sarah Ann, b. 1826. m. Daniel Merrick Leonard, of West Spring- 

field, Mass. She d. 1859. He d. 1888. They had Anna 
Estelle, b. June 20, 1849. unm. She res. in Boston. 

(928) Emeline A., b. June 26, 1827. m. Alfred Tinkham (b. June 26, 

1824); d. November 17, 1895. 

(929) Amanda Malvina, b. March 17, 1830. unm. 

(930) Janette D., b. May 20, 1832. m. Samuel Russell (b. August i, 

1822), d. April 27, 1882. She d. February 12, 1878. 

(931) Eleanor, b. June 17, 1836. m. Wm. Prescott Ehot (b. July 2, 

1826); d. February 20, 1885. She d. January 10, 1888. 

(932) Harriet, b. 1838. m. Arques Near. She d. 1873. He d. 1875. 

Sarah was b. February 3, 1797, and d. March 12, 1870. Mr. Chapin 
was b. February 9, 1796, and d. January 15, 1870. 



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484 Caroline Ramsdell Stocking and Jacob Carter had: 

(933) Caroline Elizabeth, b. May 3, 1826. m. September 7, 1827, 

Wm. Wallace Taylor, Concord, N. H. 

(934) Abiel, b. April 28, 1827. ni. Martha Vesta Emery. He d. Janu- 

ary 3, 1898. Res. Portland, Me. 

(935) Clara Anna, b. August 9, 1837. m. December 4, 1873, George 

Edward Tinker, of Concord, N. H. 

(936) John William Dodge, b. April 20, 1840. m. October 3, 1870, 

Agnes Hudson. Res. Portland, Me. 

Res. Hanover and Concord, N. H. 



485 Almira Stocking and John Petrie had: 

(937) Abigail Ann, b. 1830. d. April 2, 1880. 

(938) Isabel Melissa, b. 1833. d. June 23, 1880. 

(939) John, b. 1834 . d. November 2, 1838. 

(940) Caroline Almira, b. June 15, 1840. m. Nathan Sheppard, of 

Baltimore. She d. August 28, 1896. He d. February i, 1888. 

Almira d. in Hartland, Vt., June 16, 1851. John d. December 14, 1881. 



486 Mary Ann Stocking and George Petrie had: 

(941) George S., b. March 12, 1834. m. May 6, 1866, Louise Harvey, 

of St. Louis, Mo. He d. April 11, 1879, at San Antonio. 

(942) Mary Ann, b. October 8, 1838. d. January 6, 1861. 

(943) Sarah Jane, b. November 28, 1840. m. December 28, i860, 

Joseph Clough; m. 2d Levi McMahan, 1880. She d. 1890. 

(944) John Belden, b. January 24, 1843. 

(945) Lucie Elizabeth, b. December 6, 1849. m. May 3, 1876, Chas. 

Henry Thacher, of Wichita, Kan. 

Mary Ann was but two years old when her father died, and she was 
brought up by her grandfather Reuben, with whom she lived until her 
marriage. She d. in Hartland, Vt., April 7, 1886. George d. 1877. 



78 The Stocking Ancestry 

488 Dr. Samuel Marvin Stocking and Caroline A. Win- 

chell had: 

(946) Marah L., b. September 4, 1834. m. Brice W. Custer, half- 

brother of Gen. Geo. W. Custer. 

(947) Dr. Leander, b. November 4, 1836. m. Nettie Thomas. 

(948) Mason, b. August 14, 1839. 

(949) Virgil, b. April 28, 1841. 

Dr. Samuel d. July 30, 1888. Res. in Cleveland, Hagerstown, and Car- 
rolton, O. 

489 Charles Stocking and Jane Winchell had: 

(950) Dr. Edward, b. June 7, 1836. m. Cornelia Harriman. Six chil- 

dren. 

(951) Charles H., b. July 10, 1838. m. August 27, 1861, Mary L. 

Slaton. Res. Sacramento. 

(952) Martha, b. November 10, 1834. m. 1850, Dr. James Cottar, of 

Iowa. Seven children. 

(953) Mary, m. Williams, of Sacramento. 



491 Francis Stocking and Lois Levin had: 

(954) Mary Ann, b. . 

(955) John. 

(956) Reuben. 

(957) Lois. 

Wife Lois d. in 1844, and Francis m. 2d, 1845, Mary 
Neale. They had: 

(958) Henry Francis, b. May 7, 1847. m. 1871, Anna G. Pepper. 

(959) Edward, b. 1849. d. 1854. 

(960) Julia, b. 1852. d. 1855. 

(961) Maggie, b. November 4, 1856. m. 1884, John H. Jones. 



492 Lavinia Stocking and Augustus Sisson had: 

(96 1 a) Alonzo, d. at the age of 16. 

Lavinia was b. in Suffield, Conn. Her married life was short and for 
thirty-eight years after the death of her young son, she devoted herself to 



The Stocking Ancestry 79 

a life of Christian beneficence. She d. at Sheridan, N. Y., January 27, 
1892, after a long illness, borne with exemplary fortitude and patience, and 
in the home of her pastor, the Rev. G. W. Chesbro, leaving all of her prop- 
erty to the African Mission of the M. E. Bishop, Wm. Taylor. She is 
buried in Willoughby, 0. 



493 Lyman Stocking and Elizabeth Hendrickson had: 

(962) Jesse Lee, b. February 28, 1838. d. July 26, 1853. 

(963) George Scott, b. . m. Carrie L. Palmer, August 24, 1862. 

(964) Rev. Charles Hendrickson, b. July 4, 1842. m. September 27, 

1869, Adella Madora Wilkins. 

(965) John Wesley, b. . m. Emma S. Pinney, March 23, 1881. 

Elizabeth was b. in Mentor, Lake Co.. Ohio, and d. August 5, 1863, 
after an illness of twelve years, which she bore with exemplary faith and 
patience. Lyman m. 2d Mrs. Rebekah Boyes. 



495 Charles Stocking and Leonora Turner had: 

(966) Horace. 

(967) Lyman. 
(967A) Lovina. 

(968) Charles. 

Rem. from Ohio to Waverly, la., in 1883; thence to Dakota in 1888, 
and now reside at Gig Harbor, Wash. 



496 William Hurd Stocking and Harriet Rebecca EIH- 
ott had: 

(969) George Wm., b. August 6, 1835. m. April 5, 1856, EmeHne 

Ludlow Petersen. 

(970) Lucia A., m. Judge C. R. Lord. Res. California. 

William H. m. 2d Grace Comstock, and had: 

(971) Harriet, b. . m. Charles Wright, who had son Joseph. 

Wm. H. m. 3d Elizabeth Burroughs. 

Wm. Hurd was b. in Enfield, Conn., 1803, and at his father's death, in 



8o The Stocking Ancestry 

1825, he rem. with his widowed mother to Hambden, 0., thence to New- 
ton Falls, where he now resides, being in his looth year. He has never 
used spectacles, or eye-glasses, his eye-sight having always been perfect, 
and at this writing he attends to his business daily. His friends and 
neighbors recently gave him a large birthday party, at which he was as 
lively as any of his guests. 



497 Patrick Newell Stocking and Susan Penfield had: 

(972) Maria Jeanette, b. February 4, 1829. m. June 6, 1848, Dr. Den- 

nis Trumbull. 

(973) George Eber, b. March 7, 1833. m, October 14, 1858, Emily 

Roberts. 

Patrick N. d. in Michigan, October 7, 1833. 



500 Clarissa Stocking and Abram Oxer had: 

(974) Byron. 
(97s) Perry. 
(976) Burr. 

Clarissa d. October 27, 1848. 



501 CaroHne Stocking and Hiram Crane had: 

(977) 
(978) 

Res. Valley Ford, Cal. 



502 James Randall Stocking and Celestia Lord had: 

(979) Cora. 

(980) Reuben. 

James m. 2d , and had: 

(981) Frederick. 
Res. Valley Ford, Cal. 



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504 Thomas Robbins Stocking and Julia Bidwell had: 

(982) Jane B., b. August 20, 1836. Res. Farmington, Conn. 

(983) Maria, b. October 6, 1838. m. June 2, 1863, Miles Isaac Bull. 

(984) Joseph A., b. January 7, 1840. m. 1865, Jeanette Matheson, or 

Mattison. 

(985) Eliza Robbins, b. 1842. d. young. 

Thomas R. was b. in Utica, N. Y., and d. in Buffalo, 1895. Julia was 
b. in Farmington, Conn., and d. in Buffalo, November 5, 1859. 



505 EHzabeth Stocking and Elias A. Lewis had: 

(986) Joseph, b. January 10, 1844. Killed in the Angola disaster, 

December 18, 1867. 

(987) Mary A., b. December 13, 1851. unm. Res. Buffalo. 

(988) George A., b. April 9, 1855. m. October 5, 1876, Mary Beards- 

ley Bryan, of Batavia, N. Y. 

Res. Buffalo, N. Y., where son George A., is an attorney and counselor 
at law. Elizabeth was b. in Buffalo, July 25, 1822, and d. December 10, 
1899. Elias d. August, 1873. 



508 Mary Sheldon Stocking and Josiah Marshall had: 

(989) Dr. Samuel Stocking, b. September 5, 1827. 

(990) John Jones, b. August 30, 1828. d. young. 

(991) Henry, b. December 18, 1829. 

(992) Mary, b. April 30, 1831. m. December 8, 1851, James W. Bond. 

Res. Fort Erie, Ontario. 

(993) Benjamin Sheldon, b. March 31, 1833. d. young. 

(994) Emily Otis, b. August 7, 1836. m. June 9, 1858, Hon. George 

Wadsworth, of Buffalo. 

(995) Charles, b. January 18, 1839. d. i860, in South Africa. 

(996) Priscilla Read, b. May 18, 1842, m. June 7, 1866, Samuel R. B. 

Lord, of Chicago. 

(997) Josiah, b. April 29, 1848. 

Mary Sheldon Stocking was b. in Utica, N. Y. ; graduated from Willard 
Seminary, Troy, N. Y. ; married the son of a prominent East India mer- 



82 The Stocking Ancestry- 

chant ; res. in Utica for several years. She rem. successively to New York 
City, Oswego, Montreal, Auburn, N. Y., Morristown, N. Y., and finally to 
Buffalo, where she d. September 27, 1887. She was a woman of fine schol- 
arship, executive ability, and devoted Christian life. Her parents' ample 
fortune, and the elegancies of her social and domestic surroundings, 
afforded her unusual opportunities for self-culture, and she developed a 
personal character that made her conspicuous in the virtues and graces of 
a sterling womanhood. Her last twenty-one years were spent in the home 
of her daughter, Mrs. Emily Marshall Wadsworth, Buffalo, N. Y. Her 
son Samuel rem. to London, England, where he graduated in medicine, 
and then settled in New Orleans, where he d. of yellow fever, September 5, 
1854, the disease having been contracted while attending his patients. 



509 James Madison Stocking and Catherine Metcalf had: 

(998) Mary, b. May 20, 1832. d. 1833. 

(999) Sophia E., b. December 16, 1834. m. i860. Dr. Blodgett, of 

Cooperstown, N. Y. 

(1000) Fanny Hyde, b. June 4, 1836. unm. Utica, N. Y. 
(looi) Susan Porter, b. February i, 1838. unm. Utica, N. Y. 

(1002) Samuel, b. February 21, 1840. m. November 20, 1871, AUine 

N. Wilhams. 

(1003) Mary Metcalf, b. January 24, 1842. m. Dr. Root, of 

Cooperstown, N. Y. 

(1004) Frederick Tiffany, b. May 4, 1844. Res. in Utica. 

James Madison res. in Utica, N. Y., where he d. January 11, 1862. He 
studied law, relinquishing that profession to engage with his father in the 
fur and hat business. Wife Catherine d. February 11, 1893. 



516 Samuel Stocking and Frances Jane Bates had: 

(1005) C. J., b. . m. April 5, 1900, Maud Estelle Kirby. Res. 

New York City. 

Samuel res. in New York City, where he was for fifteen years the manager 
of the business of Genin, the famous hatter. 



The Stocking Ancestry 83 

526 Sally Stocking and Joseph Williams had: 

(1006) Horace Stocking, b. December 13, 1818. d. young. 

(1007) Joseph, b. June 23, 1820, m. November 2, 1850, Margaret C. 

Martin, of Wilmington, N. C. 

(1008) Gustavus, b. August 31, 1822. d. young. 

(1009) Horace, b. February 22, 1825. d. February 28, 1852. 

(loio) Sarah Gould, b. March 26, 1827. m. October 12, 1859, John 
Camp, of Middletown, Conn. Sally d. 1875. 



533 William Stocking and Sarah Mildrum had: 

(loii) William Morrison, b. June 27, 1832. m. 1868, Hannah Fair- 
grieves. 

(1012) Jeanette Shephard, b. March 24, 1834. m. Revilo C. Hubbard. 

(1013) Harriet Maria, b. March 28, 1836. m. Chas. Belcher Stocking. 

(1014) Roderick Michael, b. July 31, 1842. m. Harriet Brightman. 

Res. Cromwell, Conn. 



535 Betsey Latham Stocking and Ansel Wilcox had: 

(1015) Elizabeth Maria, b. June 14, 1823. m. July 2, 1843, Louden 

Edward Bailey. 

(1016) Lucy, b. March 2, 1827. 

Res. Cromwell, Conn. 



537 Hannah Stocking and Amos Tryon had: 

(1017) Daniel, bap. August 27, 1820. A seaman. 

(1018) William Wilcox, bap. August 27, 1820. 

(1019) Samuel, res. Cromwell, Conn. 



544 Julia Stocking and Charles Darrow had: 

(1020) Caroline Eliza, b. January 7, 1834. m. October 19, 1853, Jere- 
miah Hotchkiss. 



84 The Stocking Ancestry 

546 Rev. William Redfield Stocking and Jerusha E. 
Gilbert had: 

(1021) J. Emily, b. April 28, 1842. m. December 8, 1865, Rev. Alfred 

T. "Waterman. 

(1022) Rev. William Redfield, Jr., b. March 31, 1844. m. June 20, 

1 87 1, Hattie E. Lyman; m. 2d Isabella C. Baker. 

(1023) Harriet Stoddard, b. October 28, 1848. m. May 16, 1872, Rev 

Rodney L. Tabor. 

(1024) Ezra Gilbert, b. January 4, 1851. m. Hattie Grinnell; m. 2d 

Kate MacMahon. 

Rev. William Redfield Stocking was b. in Upper Middletown; fitted for 
Yale College at Monson (Mass.) Academy; engaged in teaching in the 
Sandwich Islands under the auspices of the Missionary Board; chosen 
principal of a boys' seminary in Persia; set apart in January, 1837, as a 
missionary teacher to the Nestorians at Oroomiah (Nomiah), Persia; was 
in charge of the village schools there; treasurer of the Mission fourteen 
years; ordained April 18, 1841, in the Nestorian Church of St. Mary, 
Oroomiah; preached in the native tongue with ability and success; 
returned to America for a temporary rest, intending to resume his foreign 
work, but d. April 30, 1854, in New York City, at the home of John H. 
Redfield. 

Wife Jerusha was the dau. of Ezra and Rebecca (Miner) Gilbert, b. in 
Weston, Conn., but res. in Colebrook, Conn.; graduated at the Hartford 
Female Seminary; taught in Middletown; lived in Persia seventeen years 
after her marriage, and d. June 28, 1892, in Alameda, Cal. Children all 
b. in Persia. 



548 Francis Stocking and Abigail McKee had: 

(1025) Frederick McKee, b. July 29, 1829. m. December 15, 1855, 

Lucinda L. Lines. 

(1026) Francis McKee, b. July 29, 1829. m. February 16, 1862, Ann 

Eliza James. 

Francis d. at sea on board the brig Purrington, of New York, bound 
home from Havana, in 1830. Abigail was b. July 12, 1806, and d. October 
15, 1833, of injuries sustained by the bursting of the boiler of the steamer 
New England while on her passage from Albany, N. Y., to Middletown, 
Conn., her twin sons being with her at the time. She was the dau. of 
Russell and Abigail McKee, of Cromwell, Conn. 



The Stocking Ancestry 85 

549 John Stocking, Jr., and Susan Belden had: 

(1027) Josiah Belden, b. . Res. Cromwell, Conn, 

(1028) Elizabeth, b. . m, D. Roberts, of Middletown. 

John, Jr., d. February 5, 1890. Res. Middletown. 



55 1 A Ansel Stocking, Jr., and Annie Wheeler had: 

(1028A) Laura Minerva, b. April 15, 1823. d. young. 
(1028B) John Lyman, b. September 12, 1825. m. April 22, 1852, Ophe- 
lia Lawrence. 
(1028c) William Herbert, b. August 3, 1829. d. 1849. unm. 

Ansel was b. at Frankhn, N. Y. ; d. March 6, 1831. Res. Perry, N. Y., 
Waysox, Penn., and Collinsville, N. Y. 



553 Walter Stocking and Rebecca Downey had: 

(1029) Phoebe Eliza, b. January 12, 1835. m. Volney Boyce. 

(1030) Walter Lewis, b. July 8, 1836. m. Jane Ann Pramer. 

(1031) Luther Ansel, b. September 15, 1838. m. Margaret Winters. 

(1032) Edgar Henry, b. November 14, 1839. m. Flora Sutherland; 

m. 2d Emma Burdick. 

(1033) Mary Adelaide, b. May 24, 1841. m. Eli White. 

(1034) Bolton, d. young. 

(1035) Dr. Leonard Emiah, b. December 2, 1846. m. September 6, 

1876, Helen L. Whiteman. 

(1036) Jennie Almira, b. January 26, 1849. unm. Postmistress, Bel- 

grade, Mo. 

(1037) Charles Adelbert, b. February 21, 1852. m. Hattie E. Hunter; 

m. 2d Sallie St. Clair Brickey. 

(1038) Henrietta Laura, b. June 9, 1856. m. Chas. Mclntire. 

Walter was b. in Turin, N. Y., where he worked in wood, iron, and 
leather, having a decided mechanical talent. He rem. to Sharon, Wis., 
where he engaged in farming. Selling his farm, in 1865, he rem. to Allen's 
Grove, Wis., to educate his children. Two years later he bought a farm in 
Caledonia, Mo., and in 1890 was appointed postmaster. In 1893 the post- 
office was burned, and while endeavoring to save the government funds. 



86 The Stocking Ancestry 

he was so badly burned that he died from his injuries in a few hours, a 
martyr to ofificial duty. 

Rebecca Downey was a lineal descendant of Commodore Downey of 
the English navy, b. January 5, 181 3, and dau. of Robert and Huldah 
Downey, Bristol, Vt. d. at Sabetha, Kan., July 24, 1894. 



554 Sarah Ann Stocking and James Roberts had: 

(1039) Walter. 

(1040) Lot. 



568 John Miles Stocking and Emeline Newell had: 

(1041) Harriet, b. May 23, 1836. m. May 23, 1859, Henry E. Lathrop. 

(1042) Gilbert Miles, b. December 22, 1838. unm. 

(1043) William, b. December 11, 1840. m. May 19, 1869, Elizabeth 

Lyman. 

Dea. John Miles was b. in Goshen, Conn. ; rem. to Waterbury, and 
engaged in the brass-burnishing business, afterwards in company with 
Merritt Nichols, carried on a foundry business at Hopeville, Conn., 1850-60. 
He invented a machine for splitting matches in the block before dipping, 
and was altogether a mechanical genius. He was deacon of the First 
Congregational Church, 1859-73, a strong anti-slavery partisan, a great 
reader of history and theology, of a severe cast of thought and manner in 
younger life, but a mellow and genial companion as he aged. He d. Feb- 
ruary 24, 1873. 

Emeline was b. in Southington, Conn., October 25, 1809. Dau. of 
Amos and Lucy (Root) Newell, and d. in Waterbury, March, 1883. 



569 Samuel Judd Stocking and Orril Coe had: 

(1044) Ehza Ann, b. June 22, 1837. d. March 30, 1852. 

(1045) Charlotte Coe, b. November 27, 1839. m. May 9, 1866, Henry 

D. Pierce, of Garrettsville, O. 

(1046) Harvey Miles, b. May 23, 1843. m- October 29, 1870, Mary L 

King, of Terre Haute, Ind. He d. February 18, 1873. She 
d. October 31, 1876. 

(1047) Emma Orril, b. November 26, 1850. m. September 10, 1870, 

Henry A. Weir, of Garrettsville, 0. 



The Stocking Ancestry 87 

Wife Orril d. December 8, 1850, in Torrington and 
Samuel J. m. 2d, June 9, 1852, Mary Louise 
Fellows of Cornwall, Conn., they had: 

(1048) Frank Lewis, b. August ii, 1855. m. April 26, 1878, Hattie L. 

Smith. Res. Tacoma, Wash. 

(1049) Martha EHza, b. November 7, 1857. 

Orril Coe was b. November 25, 1810. 2d wife, Mary L., was b. May 4, 
1827, and d. December 3, 1886. 



570 Anson G. Stocking and Sarah A. Frost had: 

(1050) Henry M., b. August 19, 1840. m. November 3, 1863, Ellen A. 

Mallory. 

(1051) George Anson, b. May 25, 1844. m. February 11, 1869, Annie 

Dearth. 

(1052) Charles Lampson, b. December 10, 1851. m. November 2, 1876, 

Linnie Ross. 

(1053) Sarah Maria, b. July 31, 1856. unm. Res. Torrington, Conn. 

Anson G. was b. in Goshen, Conn., where he afterwards had a summer 
home. He was engaged in the button business in Waterbury, Conn. He 
and his brother Samuel Oi-ganized the first fire company in that town, their 
fire-engine resembling a churn on two wheels, and operated by cranks. He 
was a member of the school board, a devoted adherent of the Congre- 
gational Church, and a genial and affable man. He d. in Wallingford, 
Conn., March 17, 1890. 



571 Mercia Stocking and Joseph K. Barrett had: 

(1054) Caroline M., b. March 22, 1837. m. March 17, 1859, William 

Adams; m. 2d, August 22, 1872, Dr. Julius Rising. 

(1055) Joseph L., b. December 13, 1838. m. July 30, 1872, Elizabeth 

Carpenter. 

(1056) Phila E., b. March 17, 1842. 

(1057) Julia A., b. May 2, 1843. m. April 4, 1865, Hiram E. Welton. 

(1058) Sarah E., b. November 13, 1846. d. January 31, 1884. 

(1059) George A., b. August 16, 1847. m. January 29, 1872, Sarah 

Dent. 



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(1060) Samuel J., b. October 16, 1849. m. March 22, 1871, Ella H. 

Sweet. He d. April, 187 1. 

(1061) John E., b. December 19, 1852. d. August 22, 1871. 

(1062) Emma D., b. January 11, 1854. 

(1063) Mary L., b. October 14, 1856. 



574 Omar Coe Stocking and Louisa Pierce had: 

(1064) Edwin Coe, b. October 30, 1856. m. June 10, 1880, Belle S. 

Crawford. Res. Chicago. 

(1065) Albert Peirce, b. November 13, i860, m. October 2, 1884, Mary 

E. Jones. A merchant in Boulder, Colo. 

Omar C. is a fruit-grower at Hiram, O. Served in the Civil War, 20th 
Conn. Regt. ; was with Hooker at Lookout Mountain, with Sherman in 
his march to the sea, and participated in sixteen battles. Is now a pen- 
sioner. 



577 Eber N. Stocking and Ann J. Goodell had: 

(1066) Irwin Coe, b. October 2, 1868. d. May 14, 1879. 

(1067) Leila Bell, b. July 3, 1871. m. April 12, 1892, Lewis G. Call. 

(1068) Anna Goodell, b. December 27, 1872. m. April 22, 1891, Frank 

L. Call. 

(1069) Hubert Norton, b. May 18, 1875. m. January i, 1901, Jennie 

White. 

(1070) Chfiford Dodge, b. June 9, 1878. 

(1071) Harry Vinton, b. September 20, 1880. 

(1072) Carlyle Morton, b. June 27, 1883. d. young. 

(1073) Glenny Ayres, b. February 19, 1890. 

Eber rem. from Ohio to Santa Cruz, Cal., where he now owns a fruit 
ranch. He served in the Civil War, First Regt. Conn. Heavy Artillery, 
and is a pensioner. 



582 Charles Belcher Stocking and Harriet M. Stocking 
had: 

(1074) Charles Augustus, b. August 18, 1865. Res. Cromwell. 

Charles B. d. in Cromwell, Conn., 1889. 



The Stocking Ancestry 89 

583 Henry W. Stocking and Harriette Hubbard had 
no children. 

He was a prominent citizen of Cromwell, Conn., farmer and carpenter, 
member of the Cromwell Guards, a Free and Accepted Mason, member 
of the legislature, and of the Baptist Church. Harriette is the dau. of 
Ralph and Clarissa (Roberts) Hubbard. 



584 Caroline Stocking and George W. Smith had: 

(1074A) Harry. 
(1074B) Louie. 

Res. Middletown, Conn. 



589 George Henry Stocking and Louisa J. Gordon had: 

(1075) Charles. 

George rem. to Beloit, Wis., where he d. August lo, 1875. A saddler 
by trade. 



591 EHsha Stocking and Harriet E. Pinney had: 

(1076) Sarah C, b. February 18, 1857. unm. 

(1077) Willie, b. August 19, 1862. d. May 19, 1881. 

(1078) Annie, b. June 29, 1872. m. February i, 1894, Herbert L. 

Barton, of Middletown. 

Elisha was a joiner by trade, became a coasting captain, and lastly, a 
coal-merchant. He d. May 15, 1887. Wife Harriet d. September 8, 1886. 



592 Capt. Ralph Stocking and Adelaide E. Jones had: 

(1079) Frederick Ralph, b. November 13, 1856. d. February 6, 1863. 

(1080) NelHe Elizabeth, b. August 7, 1858. m. January 26, 1886, John 

McFadyen. Res. Hartford, Conn. 



90 The Stocking Ancestry 



(1081) Adelaide Edwards, b. August 9, i860, m. August 27, 1879, 

Dr. Edgar Miles Beckley. 

(1082) Edward Wells, b. November 4, 1862. m. January 8, 1890, Ida 

Helen Byles. Steamboat captain. Res. New York City. 

(1083) Herbert Latimer, b. May 21, 1871. Ticket agent and telegraph 

operator. Consolidated R. R. 

Capt. Ralph res. in Cromwell, Conn. A retired sea-captain. 



595 Jonathan Smith Stocking and Sabrina Lilly had 
(1084) Constant, b. . 



(1085) Darwin, b. . 

Res. Brighton, O. 



598 Abner Stocking and Gracia Porter had: 

(1086) William. 

(1087) Delia. 

Res. Bennett Station, Neb. 



600 Herod Stocking and Adaline Fitch had: 

(1088) Charles F., b. August 4, 1842. d. April 14, 1898. m. January, 

1875, Sarah E. Wickham. 

(1089) Roselle, b. December 21, 1845. d. young. 

(1090) Joseph, b. 1848. d. young. 

(1091) Joseph Chester, b. December 2, 1852. m. August 20, 1876, 

Lydia A. Bradbrook. 

(1092) WilHs Marshall, b. January 31, 1861. m. April 27, 1886, Emma 

O. Rochty. 

Herod was a carpenter by trade. In 1868 he bought a farm in Ohio, 
which he worked until 1883, when he sold out, and rem. to Grand Rapids, 
O., where he still resides. 



604 Abram Stocking and Henrietta Colton had: 

(1093) Bradley, d. young of spinal disease. 

(1094) George, d. young. 



The Stocking Ancestry 91 

(1095) Julia Adelaide, b. 1847. m. Chas. A. Gould. 

(1096) William, b. 1849. Res. Napoleon, Mich., and State of Wash- 

ington. 

Abram was b. in Ashfield, Mass.; rem. to York, Livingston Co., N. Y., 
where he engaged in mercantile business. Rem. to Tecumseh, Mich., and 
finally, with his brother Dexter, to Illinois, where he d. Henrietta was b. 
in Caledonia, N. Y.. February 14, 1816, and d. in Manchester, Mich., Sep- 
tember 14, 1853. 



605 Mary Ann Stocking and Elliot M. Gray had: 

(1097) William. An engineer. Res. Tecumseh, Mich. 

(1098) Edith. Res. Tecumseh. 

(1099) Ellen, d. at Tecumseh, aged 22. 

(iioo) Wallace. A farmer. Res. Tecumseh, Mich, 
(iioi) Volney, d. young. 

(1102) Marion Adelaide, d. aged 10 years. 

(1103) Charles. Res. Tecumseh. 

Res. Sharon and Tecumseh, Mich. Mr. Gray was a farmer, merchant, 
and engineer. 



606 George Stocking and Eliza Smith had: 

(1104) Adelbert, b. September 26, 1845. ^- October, 1875, Kate 

Phelps, of New York. 

(1105) Frank Melville, b. July 28, 1853. m. July 27, 18 — , LilHan A. 

Safford. 

(1106) Ellsworth, b. October 20, i860, m. September 14, 1887, Dora 

D. Rich. 

George d. September 3, 1889. Eliza d. September 3, 1891. George 
was b. in Pittsfield, Mass., married Eliza Smith in Utica, N. Y. He organ- 
ized a mercantile company which sold goods in the early days from road 
wagons. He was a farmer near Utica for several years; emigrated in 1849 
to the wilds of Wisconsin, near Berlin, 87 miles from the present city of 
Milwaukee, where on Rush Lake he eventually acquired a large and valu- 
able estate. He was honored for his sterling character, and was influential 
throughout the county. 



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607 Abigail Stocking and Alexander Green had: 

(1107) George. 

(1108) Edgar. Soldier in Civil War, nth Regt., Michigan Vol. 

Alexander Green was a carpenter and machinist, and in later life a manu- 
facturer of farming implements. Res. Tecumseh, Mich., and Sturgis, 
where he d. Abigail d. September i, 1864. 



608 Roswell Stocking and Augusta Clisbee had: 

(1109) Frank, unm. Photographer, crayon artist, and musician. 

(mo) Lester. Railroadman. Res. Chicago. 

(nil) Roswell, Jr., unm. A musician. Res. St. Louis, Mo. 

(11 1 2) Ellen, m. Rote; m. 2d Miller. Res. Chicago. Had 

dau. Ethel. 

(11 13) Annie, m. Lewellyn. Res. Chicago. Two children. 

(11 14) Lucy, unm. d. in St. Louis, aged 18. 

Roswell was b. in Ashfield, Mass. ; rem. to York State, and engaged in 
the business of general merchandise. Rem. to Illinois, where he was 
engaged in business with his brother Dexter, and thence rem. to St. Louis, 
where he d. March 10, 1883, from nervous prostration caused by an accident. 



609 Amaziah Toby Stocking and Julia Chapman had: 

(11 1 5) Nicholas Warren. 

Amaziah was b. in Ashfield, Mass. He disappeared for several years, 
and finally returned, having been in the Indies. Was a photographer, and 
res. successively in Maine, 111., Michigan, and Wisconsin, where he d. 1898. 
His son Nicholas was b. in Searsport, Me. ; rem. to the West, where he 
became interested in mining. 



610 Dexter Stocking and Lucy Clisbee had: 

(11 16) George, b. July 18, 1852. m. June i, 1887, Mary E. . Res. 

Santa Rosa, Cal. 

(1117) AHce, b. May 6, 1854. m. 1884, J. S. Carson. Res. Montana. 

(11 18) Albert, b. February 12, 1857. Res. Santa Rosa, Cal. 




MRS. LAVINA STOCKING WARREN. 



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Dexter was b. in Ashfield, Mass., where he res. until of age, then went 
into the dry goods business in New York State. Rem. to Tecumseh, Mich., 
served as soldier in the Mexican War, and settled in Taylor, Ogle Co., Illi- 
nois, where he was a merchant and postmaster for several years. In 1864 
he took a large drove of horses overland to California, and settled on a 
ranch at Santa Rosa, where he d. May 10, 1885. Was a pensioner of the 
U.S. 



612 Lavina Stocking and William A. Warren had: 

(11 19) Florence, b. . m. February 20, 1868, Clark A. Perry. 

(1120) Frank A., b. March 11, 1854. m. August 29, 1880, Ada M. 

Smith. 

(1121) George E., b. October 7, 1856. m. September, 1877, Emma 

Shippee. 

(11 22) Wilmot, b. June 18, 1859. m. October 7, 1891, Sarah Trovell. 

Lavina was b. in Ashfield, Mass., where she resided until seven years old. 
Her mother having died, she rem. to New York State with brothers and 
sisters, and from there to Wisconsin, in 1864, locating a homestead of one 
hundred and sixteen acres at Neplusken, Winnebago Co. She is a woman 
of fine presence, patriotic spirit, and loyalty to the family name, history, 
and traditions, and has taken more than usual pains to preserve the 
records of her ancestors. 



615 Abram Stocking and Susie A. Weller had: 

(1123) George Jerome, b. May 11, 1850. d. March 23, 1873. 

(1124) Mary Patty, b. November 5, 1854. m. August 13. 1878, John 

G. Milburn, of Buffalo, N. Y. 

(1125) NelHe M., b. April 18, i860, m. Thomas Hayes, 1887. 

(1126) Roswell W., b. August 17, 1866. m. October 20, 1897, Nellie 

Fichliter. She d. March 14, 1899. 

Wife Susie was b. February 26, 1829. m. at Warsaw, N. Y., December 
23, 1847, and d. October 13. 1886. Abram d. January 9, 1898, being killed 
by falling across a buzz-saw. 



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617 Abigail Stocking and William Halloway had: 

(1127) William. Res. Niles and Adrian, Mich. A druggist. 

(1128) Rosa, d. . 

Res. Raisin, Mich. A farmer. 



621 Joseph Stocking and Phoebe A. Lewis had: 

(1129) Augusta, b. September, 1851. m. August Palmer. Res. San 

Antonio, Tex. 

(1130) Austin L., b. August, i860, unm. 

(1131) Edwin L., b. June, 1862. m. Carrie Gardner. Res. Shelby, 

Miss. 

Joseph d. May 10, 1873. 



622 Lewis Stocking and Mary L. Burroughs had: 

(1132) Lay ton C, b. March 27, 1846. d. young. 

(1133) Eda A., b. May 30, 1861. m. February 4, 1885, George W. Yeo. 

(1134) Milton D., b. March 28, 1863. m. February 28, 1889, Sara E. 

Holmes. 

(1135) Duane C, b. March 27, 1865. m. September i, 1885, Mary A. 

Smith. 

Lewis was b. in Ashfield, Mass.; rem. to Ogle Co., Ilhnois, in 1845. Is 
a farmer. Mary was b. in Erie Co., N. Y., November 13, 1823. 



625 William Stocking and Lydia Crill had: 

(1136) Horace, b. October 13, 1848. m. Alma Weeks. 

(1137) Aurora, b. April 4, 1859. m. George Terry. 

(1138) George E., b. January 2, 1864. m. Ellen Stanton. 

(1139) Dexter W., d. young. 

William Stocking was b. in Ashfield, Mass., where his father was a 
farmer. The latter removed to Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, in 1832, and seven 
years later moved over into Illinois, where he took up a fine farm of 120 



The Stocking Ancestry 95 

acres in Monroe Township. Young William was now twelve years of age, 
and in the primitive schools of that day, together with his simple and 
hardy farm life, he laid the foundations of that mental and physical energy 
that brought him signal success and honor. In 1848 he went over to 
Rock Co., Illinois, and took up 160 acres of good land purchased from the 
government, as a nucleus of the future property of 1,000 acres which he 
subsequently owned and developed. About the year 1870, he founded a 
lucrative business in stock and grain, and in 1872 he established a banking 
business which eventually became known as the banking house of Wm. 
Stocking & Co., one of the strongest financial institutions in northern 
Illinois. His sterling integrity and sound judgment so commended him to 
the confidence and admiration of his fellow-citizens, that he could not long 
escape the burdens, or decline the honors, of political position. He served 
as commissioner of highways for Flagg Township for many years, was long 
a member of the board of supervisors in White Rock, was alderman of 
Rochelle for nine years, and mayor of the same city for six terms. In his 
administration of the latter office, his sagacious spirit and enterprise, and 
that in the face of opposition, were the chief means of placing Rochelle in 
the path of progress, and she owes to him her admirable system of public 
waterworks. A man of strong convictions and heroic moral courage, he 
held his own against every obstacle, and yet with a quiet and unassuming 
demeanor, and with a scrupulous regard for the rights and feelings of 
others, which gave great weight to his opinions and acts. 

He was a strong Republican in poHtics, and a staunch Presbyterian in 
faith. His industry and economy brought him wealth, and he left a hand- 
some fortune. He d. at Rochelle, September 6, 1902, after a lengthy 
illness, aged 75. During his funeral services all business throughout the 
entire city was suspended, and the citizens joined in bewailing the loss and 
honoring the memory of the foremost man in Ogle County. 



632 Amos Dwight Stocking and Mary Jane Jones had: 

(1140) Joseph Ogylvie, b. November 9, 1850. m. May 2, 1877, Ellen 

De Neen. 

(1141) Charles Henry, b. December 30, 1853. m. Ada Adella Sheldon. 

(1142) Frank Theodore, d. young. 

(1143) Ida Theodocia, d. young. 

Amos D. was b. in Mt. Morris, N. Y. ; rem. in 1828 to Tecumseh, Mich., 
and res. there until 185 1, then rem. to Van Buren Co. In 1856 he rem. to 
Dowagiac, Mich. Learned the trade of shoemaker, but owing to ill-health 



96 The Stocking Ancestry- 

gave that up for the more healthy trade of carpenter. EnUsted in 1862, 
Co. A, 13th Regt., and during his mihtary service, fatigue and disease left 
him a confirmed invalid. He organized the Cass Co. Farmers' Mutual 
Fire Insurance Co., a very successful institution which did most of the 
rural insurance in Cass and other counties. He d. at the home of his son 
Joseph O. in Escondido, Cal., August 25, 1896. 

Mary Jane was from Wilson, Niagara Co., N. Y. She d. March 23, 1892, 
of heart failure. Both were life-long members of the Congregational 
Church. 



633 Sarah Lovina Stocking 

was b. in Mt. Morris, N. Y. ; rem. to Tecumseh, Mich., and became a teacher 
of high repute, being at one time one of the instructors at Adrian College; 
wrote and published sundry text-books, and devoted herself to the cause 
of education so closely that her health failed, and she retired to Los Angeles, 
Cal., where she now enjoys in rest and peace the fruits of an active life, 
beloved by a large circle of trusty friends. 



634 Ralph Tyrrell Stocking 

was b. in Mt. Morris, N. Y. ; became a printer; was on the Chicago Times 
for some time; enlisted in Battery B ist Michigan Light Artillery, and 
eventually d. of asthma in Bloomington, 111., February 16, 1896. Was 
twice married, and had three daughters. 



636 Hannah Frances Stocking 

was b. in Tecumseh, Mich.; educated at the State Normal School; began 
teaching when sixteen years old, and made it her profession through life. 
To her loving care her invalid father owed the comforts of a cherished 
home, and her Christian virtues endeared her to her many friends. She d. 
at Tecumseh, April 28, 1893. 



637B WiUiam P. Stocking and Loraine McArthur 

res. at Long Beach, Cal. He was b. in Tecumseh, Mich., and was a teacher 
for many years. He offered his services to his country in the Civil War, 



/ 




CHARLES H. STOCKING, M. D. 



The Stocking Ancestry 97 

but was rejected as being not sufficiently robust; was railway postal clerk 
in Dakota and Minnesota. Loraine was from Dowagiac, Mich., and for 
several years a teacher in the public schools. 



639 Dr. Charles H. Stocking and Martha M. Breed had: 

(1144) Albert Henry, b. April 3, 1871. Graduate Cornell University, 

1895. 

(1145) Charles Francis, b. September 4, 1873. 

Dr. Charles was b. in York, Mich. From youth he was characterized 
by a nervous energy and ambition which was never intimidated by adverse 
fortune, and at the early age of nineteen he had so overcome the obstacle 
of penury that he then entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 
from which he was duly graduated, and he then entered the medical 
department of that celebrated institution. At the breaking out of the 
Civil War, in 1861, he was of the first to enlist, being appointed assistant 
surgeon of the loth Kentucky Volunteers. In 1864 he was appointed 
regimental surgeon, and served as such until mustered out. He returned 
to Ann Arbor, took the degrees of M. A. and M. D., and for some time 
thereafter served as contract surgeon at Madison, Ind., in the U. S. Gen- 
eral Hospital. In 1865 he was appointed surgeon of the 28th Regt. Ken- 
tucky Volunteers, which position he resigned in order to take his Univer- 
sity degrees. After his marriage to Miss Martha M. Breed, of Jamestown, 
N. Y., he rem. to Amboy, 111., practiced there until May, 1867, and then 
rem. to Freeport, 111., where he joined to the practice of his profession the 
drug business, continuing this until his death, by acute pneumonia, Janu- 
ary 24, 1 88 1. Dr. Charles was a man of rare sagacity, professional skill, 
business capacity, and personal popularity, and at his death the local press 
paid high tribute to his memory. 

His widow became the superintendent of the Chicago Orphan Asylum, 
to the upbuilding of which she contributed materially, and over which she 
still presides. Son Albert is with the Electrical Installation Co., Chicago. 
Son Chas. Francis is an expert mining engineer, with the Colorado Fuel & 
Iron Co., Denver. 



643 David Sage Stocking and JuHa Ann Cornwall had: 

(1146) Julia, b. September 13, 1846. d. November 30, 1850. 

(1147) David, b. November 28, 1851. m. Phoebe Cook. 



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Julia Ann d. Dec. 7, 1851, and David m. 2d, August 
9, 1854, Emma A. Munnerlyn, of Savannah, 
Ga., they had: 

(1148) Ethel, b. August 14, 1864. m. September 21, 1892, Rev. Wil- 

liam F. Parsons. 

(1149) Mabel, b. December 9, 1868. m. June 16, 1891, Francis E. 

Wessels. 

David Sage Stocking, b. January 16, 181 2; d. June 12, 1884; m. ist, 
October 30, 1845, Julia Ann, dau. of David Cornwall, of Portland, Conn., 
who was b. May 9, 1819, and d. December 7, 1851 ; m. 2d, August 9, 1854, 
Emma A. Munnerlyn, of Savannah, Ga. He was a commission merchant 
for many years in Charleston, S. C. He was a man of fine social qualities, 
and literary and artistic tastes. The following obituaries are taken from 
the Charleston, S. C, Neivs and Courier: 

"David S. Stocking. There are still many of our citizens who will 
recall Mr. Stocking, who, for many years before the late Civil War, was a 
member of the prominent and influential firm of Mills, Beach & Co. of this 
city, and they will learn with sorrow of his recent death at Portland, Conn., 
in the house where he first saw the light, seventy-two years ago. In com- 
merce, Mr. Stocking, like his co-partners, moved on a high plane of char- 
acter and conduct ; in social life his intercourse was marked by the highest 
courtesy — kind and considerate, he was the center of a large circle of 
friends, and all who survive him will unite in sincere regret at his death." 

"Stocking. The earthly life of Mr. David Sage Stocking came to a peace- 
ful end on Thursday evening, June 12, 1884, at his home in Portland, 
Conn. He was born in the same house, January 16, 181 2. At the age of 
twenty-five he went to Charleston, S. C.,and entered the employ of Messrs. 
Mills, Beach & Co. Becoming a partner, he continued with them until 
the war, which ruined the business and disheartened him for future activ- 
ity. After spending two years in Georgia, near Augusta, he returned to 
his native place in 1865, with ambitions crushed and health impaired. He 
spent the remainder of his life in retirement, finding his chief enjoyment in 
literature, for which he had a great fondness. His strength seemed failing 
for a year past, and he finally succumbed to a gastric complaint, which 
disturbed his digestion, but left his mind clear to the last. His end was 
calm, undisturbed by doubts or fears, and sustained wholly by a humble, 
penitent faith in the Saviour. He died in the communion of the Episcopal 
Church, receiving the last sacrament not long before his departure. Mr. 
Stocking was twice married. His first wife. Miss Cornwall, of Portland, 
lies buried near her only daughter in St. Michael's churchyard." 




DAVID SAGE STOCKING 



The Stocking Ancestry 99 

644 Mary Ann Stocking and Brackett M. West had: 

(1150) "William "Wilfred, b. August 7, 1834. m. March 27, 1855, So- 

phronia Abbey. 

(1151) Mary Ann, b. July 2, 1839. m. August 20, i860, Nathaniel O. 

Cornwall, A. M., M. D. 

(1152) Emma Isabella, b. April 28, 1849. m. December 25, 1868, C. 

"Wm. Anderson. 

Mary Ann d. September 6, 1885. Brackett Mortimer was son of Rev. 
Joel and Elizabeth (Brockway) West, of East Hampton, Conn., who was 
b. September 4, 1808, and d. October 18, 1866. Res. East Hampton, Conn. 



645 Sarah Maria Stocking and John Porter had; 

(1153) Martha, b. October 15, 1859. Res. Portland, Conn. 
Res. Middletown, Conn. 



651 Samuel Stannard Stocking and Clarissa Winchester 
had: 

(1154) Henry "W., b. May 12, 1841. m. September 20, 1866, Martha 

McCullough. Res. "Wichita Falls, Tex. 

(11 55) Mary, b. June 28, 1847. m. June 20, 1867, Joseph Marquis. 

(1156) Emma, b. December 20, 1849. d. young. 

Samuel S. was b. in Tylerville, Conn. ; rem. when very young to Aurora, 
thence to Painesville, 0., where he engaged in mercantile business until a 
short time before his death, April 27, 1865. His son, Henry W., res. at 
"Wichita Falls, Tex., and has been prominent in railroad circles for many 
years. "Was construction agent of the Southern Pacific R. R. for a con- 
siderable time, and later on in the hotel business. 



652 Rev. Davis Stocking and Charlotte E. Sexton had: 

(11 57) Sydney Davis, b. May 13, 1835. m. Hannah Melville. 

(1158) Charles H., b. April 13, 1837. m. August 21, i860, Elizabeth 

Frances King. 
LofC. 



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(1159) William Alonzo, b. March 2, 1840. m. November 6, 1862, 

Lorinda Delaney. 

(1160) Wilbur Fisk, b. January 18, 1842. m. Patty Miller, dau. of 

Chief Justice Miller of the U. S. Supreme Court. 

Rev. Davis was a Methodist minister, and spent 28 years in the work of 
that denomination, successively at Waterbury, Conn., New York, New- 
burg, Kingston, Hudson, and Ossining (Sing Sing). These important 
stations in the New York Conference are evidence of an ability and fidelity 
which won the regard of his professional brethren. Charlotte Sexton was 
from Windsor, Conn. Her parents subsequently rem. to Semsbury. 



654 Arnold S. Stocking and Maria Lovette had; 

(1161) Joseph, b. . 



(1162) Samuel, unm. Res. New York City. 

(1163) Jessie B., m. May 29, 1882, William A. Barsenden, Sag Harbor, 

N. Y. 

Arnold was b. in Tylerville, Conn.; rem. to Sag Harbor, N. Y., and d. 
June 7, 1900. Maria was b. June 10, 1818, and d. November 3, 1895. 



655 Harvey De Wolf Stocking and Helen Riker had: 

(1164) Helen Elizabeth, b. 1847. "i- 1894, Jabez Smith. He d. in 
Germany, 1899. She res. in Brooklyn. 

165) Harvey Daniel, b. 1849. unm. Res. in Stryker, 0. 

166) Jane Alphene, b. 1851. m. 1874, Henry Earl. She d. 1875. 

167) Charles Edgar, b. 1853. d. young. 

168) Ada Agusta, b. 1855. m. 1880, Thomas R. Dannatt. Had son 
Samuel H., b. 1883. Res. Philadelphia. 

169) Alpheus Charles, b. . m. Amy Stocking. 

170) Davis Artemus, b. 1859. m. 1880, Mary Bourbridge. 

171) Mary Emma, b. 1861. unm. Teacher of Design, Pratt Insti- 
tute, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

172) Josephine, b. 1863. d. 1872. 

173) Gertrude Penelia, b. 1865. d. young. 

174) Agnes Polhemus, b. 1867. unm. Res. Philadelphia. 

175) Wilfred Ashbel, b. 1870. unm. Sergeant in Cuban War, 8th 
Regulars. Now in U. S. Engineer Corps, Washington, D. C. 



The Stocking Ancestry loi 

Harvey De Wolf res. in New York City until 1852, rem. to Brooklyn, 
where he d. 1890. Helen Riker is of old Holland stock, b. 1827, and now 
resides in Brooklyn, N. Y. 



657 Julia E. Stocking and Edmund Sanford had: 

(11 76) Carrie A., m. Leggett. Res. Manchester Green, Conn. 

Res. New Britain, Conn. 



658 Eli Wilson Stocking and Mary Hart had: 

(11 77) Charles Artumus, b. August 30, 1857. Wheat and stock raiser, 

Hutchinson, Minn. 

(1178) Ella Gertrude, b. January 18, i860, m. September 5, 1882, 

Ray T. Case. 

(1179) Frank Davis, b. May 20, 1862. m. June 27, 1888, Ella Frances 

Ives. 

(1180) Eva Julia, b. July 20, 1864. m. June 15, 1891, Otto Adolph 

Kohler. 

(1181) William Draper, b. June 6, 1866. Wheat and stock raiser, 

Hutchinson, Minn. 

(1182) Fred Otis, b. Ji.ne 13, 1868. Wheat and stock farmer, Hutch- 

inson, Minn. 

(1183) Louis Burt, b. May 30, 1871. Partner in drug business, Star- 

buck, Minn. 

Eli Wilson Stocking was b. in Haddam, Conn. He was graduated from 
the high school of his native town at an early age, and taught for a time in 
one of the neighboring districts. Removing to Painesville, O., at the age 
of 18, he continued his profession for two years longer, and then rem. to 
New Orleans, where he conducted a successful business in arms and ammu- 
nition. Three years later he returned to Ohio and married. The opening 
up of the Great West stirred his ambition to push out of narrower limits, 
and grow up with the coming empire. He decided to go to Minnesota, 
and he purchased, as the only available means of transportation, a team 
and a wagon, built above the wagon box a roof and sides of thin boards, 
furnished it with a small stove and a long box that served the double pur- 
pose of a bed and provision box, and slowly made their way across rivers, 
through forests, and over high hills, till in May they reached the Valley of 
the Hassan, at the foot of Chubb's Hill. Here they pitched their tents as 



I02 The Stocking Ancestry 

pioneers, and here they remained for five years. The seasons proving 
adverse, they rem. to Acoma, three miles distant, where Mr. Stocking 
taught school. Later on, he formed a partnership with Mr. Henry Put- 
nam, another pioneer, in the hardware business, and was for several years 
postmaster. In 1878, when thirty thousand dollars had mysteriously 
disappeared from the county treasury, he was elected virtually by accla- 
mation to take charge of the public funds, and when his term of office 
expired, he retired to Lynn, where he had bought a farm, and where he 
spent the rest of his life. In the consolidation of the four townships into 
the one of Hutchinson, he was a foremost leader, and always one of the 
board of supervisors. 

At the Indian outbreak in 1862, he assisted in building and defending 
the stockade at Hutchinson, and he was the last to leave the post of danger. 
He d. May 11, 1897, at the home of his daughter Mrs. O. A. Kohler, whom 
he was visiting. This extraordinary man was in every relation of life a 
shining light. His keen sagacity, unerring judgment, and spotless integ- 
rity commended him, publicly and in private life, as "an Israelite in 
whom there was no guile," and as a born leader of men; while his natural 
tenderness and Christian life made him an example to all. He died, 
regretted by a great company of friends, neighbors, and fellow-citizens. 



660 Charles Dwight Stocking 

d. in New York City in 1869. Was captain of the 8th New York Zouave 
Regt. Volunteers, and participated in many of the great battles of the 
Civil War, never having received a wound. While chopping wood at Ty- 
lerville, Conn., he was stricken with paralysis of the lower limbs, and after 
great suffering, expired in a private hospital in New York City. A monu- 
ment erected to his memory in his native town (Tylerville) perpetuates 
the loving remembrance of his many friends. 



662 Daniel Stocking and had: 

(1184) Retta. 

(1185) Emma. 

(1186) Stella. 

(1187) Ella. 

(1188) Alfred. 

(1189) Frank. 

This family rem. to the West. 



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663 Jerome Stocking and Kate Howe had: 

(1190) Thurlow, d. young. 

(1191) Stella, b. . m. Ethan AUyn. 

Jerome was a skilled mechanic. He res. in Rochester, N. Y., and was 
drowned at Irondequoit in the spring of 1890, while fishing. 



664 Solomon Stocking and Maria L. Allen had: 

(1192) Nellie. 

(1193) Frank. 

(1194) Clifford A., b. . m. . 



665 Mary Stocking and Orlando K. Ethridge had: 

(1195) Hamlet. 

(1196) Xzonia. 

Mr. Ethridge was an artist, res. in Rochester, N. Y. Being a very 
eccentric person, he never wore waistcoat or overcoat, even in the severest 
weather, but simply a light coat with open shirt front. He named his 
second child by drawing by lot six letters of the alphabet. 



667 Julia Aristelle Stocking and Elijah D. Webster had: 

(1197) Emma, b. July 6, 1859. m. September 9, 1891, Wm. H. Nich- 

ols, of Auburn, N. Y, 

(1198) Julia. 

(1199) Charles Elijah, b. September 8, 1861. m. December, 1891, 

Minerva B. Tenney. 

(1200) Edward. 

(1201) WiUiam, b. July 26, 1865. m. October 19, 1887, Jessie Sander- 

son. Res. South Evanston, 111. 

(1202) Frank. 



670 Joseph Stocking and Emma Cone had 

(1203) John, d. . 

(1204) May. 



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(1205) Frank. 

(1206) Hammond. 

Joseph was a soldier in Civil War. He d. June 5, 1881. 



672 Charles Henry Stocking and Mary A. Cox had: 

(1207) Mary Eleanor, b. October 25, 1874. A teacher. 

(1208) George Edward, b. July 14, 1877. m. February 21, 1900, Olivia 

Van Veghten. Farmer. 

(1209) William Cox, b. June 13, 188 1. A farmer. 

(1210) Dora Shepard, b. February 2, 1887. 

(1211) Eliza Catherine, b. September 20, 1890. 

Res. Portland, Conn. Charles H. is a farmer, and a man of public 
affairs, occupying a very important position in civil and political circles, 
and is a prominent member and lay officer in the Episcopal Church. Mary 
d. December 21, 1890. 



673 Leverett Stocking and Eunice Avery had; 

(12 1 2) George, d. . 

(12 13) Robert. 



Res. Portland. Conn. 



684 George W. Stocking and Harriet Gillespie had: 

(1214) George Boyd, b. December 9, 1867. 

(1215) Albert M. C, b. July 25, 1869. d. young. 

George W. was b. at Wheeling, W. Va., in 1834, and came to Sisterville, 
W. Va., when but seven years old. He received a limited education in the 
common schools, and attended the Marietta high school for one season. 
In 1857 he took a course of instruction at Duff's Mercantile College in 
Pittsburg. The rest of his schooling was had in active and enterprising 
business. In 1865-66 he assisted his father in the saw-mill and flouring 
business, and he utilized the mill machinery in boring for oil in 1865. 
When 525 feet down, the tools were lost, and boring temporarily ceased. 
Later on, he and his business associates found the hidden treasure, and it 
has been for thirty years an unfailing source of wealth. 




GEORGE BOYD STOCKING. 



The Stocking Ancestry 105 

George W. married Miss Harriet B. Gillespie, dau. of Dr. and Mrs. J. L. 
Gillespie, who were driven from the Shenandoah Valley on account of their 
Union sentiments at the opening of the Civil War, and who settled at 
Sisterville. Mr. Stocking has recently built a handsome and spacious 
residence, in which he and his family enjoy the fruits of a life of energy 
and industry. He is recognized and honored as one of the principal fac- 
tors in the prosperity of his township, a friend of every worthy enterprise, 
and a public-spirited citizen. 



685 Virginia E. C. Stocking and Edward Roome had: 

(1216) Georgiana Elizabeth, b. September 29, 1872. m. April 12, 1902, 

"Willis Harrington. 

(1217) William Washburn, b. August 26, 1874. d. April 11, 1895. 

(12 18) Mary Alberta, b. July 4, 1876. m. November 22, 1899, Henry 

Arthur Sutherland. He d. April 26, 1902. 

(1219) Nellie, b. October 24, 1879. 



690 Mary R. Stocking and Jonathan Tyson had: 

(1220) Annie, b. January 16, i860. 

(1221) Mary, b. November 10, 1862. 

Mary R. was b. near Three Rivers, Mich.; rem. to Glenwood, la., and 
being well educated for those times, had begun teaching when but fifteen 
years old. From Glenwood the family rem. to Nebraska, where Mary R. 
taught school in a log cabin. After her marriage, in 1858, to Mr. Tyson, a 
lawyer, she res. at Glenwood, la. In 1862 the home was rem. to parents 
in Nebraska, and in the following year this family located a farm on Plum 
Creek, thirty miles south of Denver, Colo. On May 19, 1864, a huge wall 
of water, thirty feet high, the result of a cloud-burst, as was supposed, 
swept over that region without warning, leaving not a vestige of property 
or human life. Mr. Tyson's body was found some weeks afterwards, six 
miles away, buried in a huge sand-bank, his protruding hand leading to the 
discovery. The older daughter was found sixteen miles away, and the 
mother was not found until three years afterwards. The younger child 
was never found. Mary R. and her husband were devout members of the 
Baptist Church. 



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691 Laura S. Stocking and George Walradt had: 

(1222) Emma May, b. September 7, 1871. m. December 22, 1897, 

M. H. Leamy. Res. Allentown, Pa. Two children. 

(1223) Ella Jennie, b. September 7, 1871. m. Herbert D. Baldwin. 

Res. Plainview, Neb. Two children. 

Laura d. May i, 1884. Res. Louisville and Wahoo, Neb. 



692 Charles Lyell Stocking and Martha Jane Burr had: 

(1224) Harvey Burr, b. September 16, 1872. 

(1225) Halsey Moses, b. January i, 1874. m. February 23, 1898, Ada 

Bell Dana. Res. Mars, Neb. 

(1226) Louis Daniel, b. November 12, 1875. m. October 11, 1899, 

Lucy Emily Yale. 

(1227) Mara Rosalie, b. October 21, 1877. m. December 21, 1898, 

Chas. Chandles Hunt. 

(1228) Carrie Loomis, b. March 21, 1879. 

(1229) Flora Grace, b. May 21, 188 1. d. young. 

(1230) Mabel Edith, b. August 26, 1884. d. young. 

(1231) Hattie Joanna, b. November 6, 1886. 

Chas. Lyell was b. in St. Joseph Co., Mich. In 1854 he accompanied 
his father to Glenwood, la., rem. May i, 1856, to Cass Co., Neb., where 
Charles first saw an Indian. He had on his war paint, and was creeping on 
his hands and knees intent on mischief. Charles escaped with his shep- 
herd dog, but the cows he had gone to drive home were stolen and butch- 
ered by the Pawnees. On August 29, 1864, Charles enlisted in the 
Cavalry Service, Co. B, ist Regt. Neb. S. Militia, he being one of forty 
volunteers. They had no uniform, but good horses, sabres, and rifles, 
which they themselves furnished, and in this condition they pushed on to 
Fort Kearney. At the close of the war, this cavalry force was sent to the 
frontier to protect the settlers against the Sioux Indians and other tribes, 
in which movement Charles L. had some good frontier service and some 
lively scares. He res. at Valparaiso, Neb. 



693 George Halsey Stocking and Emma A. Cook had: 
(1232) Frank, b. March 20, 1876. 



The Stocking Ancestry 107 

Emma d. July 17, 1892, and George H. m. 2d, 
March 22, 1900, Mary A. Peterson, they had: 

(1233) Gladys Anna, b. March 22, 1901. 
Res. South Dakota. 



694 WilHam Squires Stocking and Dora M. Good- 
man had: 

(1234) Erma Anna, b. November 19, 1891. 

(1235) Manota, b. November 4, 1893. 

Res. KaHspel, Mont. William S. was b. at Three Rivers, Mich. Dora 
was b. at Ottawa, Kan. 



695 Rose Adell Stocking and Edward T. White had: 

(1236) Dr. Ernest Edward, b. September 12, 1871. m. October 14, 

1896, Minnie Stafford. Res. Lovilia, la. 

(1237) Leonard Guy, b. May 10, 1873. m. January 17, 1900, Mary J. 

Farrer. 

(1238) Jessie Ethel, b. November 8, 1874. m.. January i, 1901, Frank- 

lin W. Farrer. 

(1239) Lulu Inez, b. October 31, 1876. d. 3^oung. 

(1240) Clyde Lyle, b. October 10, 1878. d. September 27, 1901. 

(1241) Drayton Ross, b. November 30, 1880. 

(1242) Moses Roy, b. March 11, 1883. 

(1243) Lura Anna, b. November 4, 1885. 

(1244) Ralph Waldo, b. December 24, 1889. 

(1245) Reta Adelia, b. September 2, 1891. d. young. 

Rose A. was b. in Wahoo, Neb.; rem. to Butler Co., Neb., after her 
marriage, thence to Saunders Co., in 1876, thence again to Sodaville, Ore., 
1881, to Toledo in 1885, settling finally in Damascus, Ore., where she now 
resides. Mr. White was b. in Hope, Ind., June 2, 1846; enlisted in Co. G 
35th Iowa Vol. Inf., 1862; was severely wounded in battle near Middle- 
town, Tenn., January, 1864; taken prisoner and confined in Cahaba, Ala., 
and Andersonville military prisons; exchanged and honorably discharged, 
August 19, 1865. He taught school for several years, and finally became 
a farmer. Is a notary public, member of Mead Post G. A. R., Oregon 



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City, and W. M. of Lone Pine Lodge, No. 53, F. and A. M., Logan, Ore. 
Their son Clyde was a young man of great promise, but after being nearly 
killed by robbers, finally died of typhoid fever in St. Ignatius Hospital, 
Colfax, Neb. 



696 Flora M. Stocking and William P. Bosworth had; 

(1246) Stella, b. September 29, 1882. 

(1247) Donald Irving, b. September 10, 1886. 

(1248) Nettie Austin, b. June 25, 1896. 

Res. Bellvue, Colo. 



698 Jessie Elizabeth Stocking and John F. Hecht had: 

(1249) Inez, b. June 20, 1885. 

(1250) Serene Anna, b. October 23, 1886. 

(125 1 ) Freda, b. June 25, 1889. Res. Plain view. Neb. 

(1252) George Kenneth, b. May 22, 1894. 

Res. Wahoo, Neb. Jessie d. February 5, 1895, at Damascus, Ore. 
Jessie Elizabeth was b. in Plattsmouth, Neb.; graduated from Peru (Neb.) 
State Normal School. Her husband was a banker, and having been 
ruined in the great panic, they rem. trom the northern part of Nebraska 
to "Wahoo. Jessie's health failing, they rem. to Oregon in 1890, where she 
received only temporary benefit, and d. February 5, 1895, of consumption. 
She was an accomplished musician, and taught music in State Normal 
School at Peru, Neb., until her father's death, when she resigned her posi- 
tion in order to care for her widowed mother. Her death at the early age 
of 35 brought deep sorrow to a host of friends, who loved her for her beau- 
tiful character, and admired her for her excellent gifts. She was a member 
of the M. E. Church. 



700 George Washington Stocking and Annie M. Hol- 
brook had: 

(1253) Eugene Edward, b. October 26, 1881. 

(1254) Howard Holbrook, b. June 21, 1883. 

(1255) Elsie Geraldine, b. April 7, 1887. 

(1256) George Washington, Jr., b. December 31, 1893. 

(1257) Anna Maria, b. December 31, 1893. 



The Stocking Ancestry 109 

Res. Wahoo, Neb., Stocking Precinct, also in Vail and Harrison Pre- 
cincts. Rem. thence to Sacramento, Cal. 



702 Lucy Elizabeth Stocking and Harlan Page Slo- 
cum had: 

(1258) Clayton Newton, b. March 12, 1884. 

(1259) Edwin, b. January 9, 1886. 

(1260) Harlan, b. April 19, 1889. 

(1261) Rose Fannie, b. February 15, 1893. 

(1262) Minnie Deena, b. October 20, 1895. 

(1263) Olive Ann, b. March 23, 1898. 

Res. Brainard and Blair, Neb. Mr. Slocum was b. in New Albion, N. Y., 
May 14, 1852. 



705 Emma E. Stocking and Samuel A. Tackaberry had: 

(1264) Minnie, b. September 12, 1867. m. March 28, 1895, -^sa D. 

Mcjury. 

(1265) William M., b. April 2, 1870. m. March 18, 1899, Louisa Dock. 

(1266) Norman H., b. November 2, 1873. 

(1267) Pearl L., b. October 30, 1875. 

(1268) Raymond C, b. April 19, 1888. 



706 Lucy A. Stocking and George F. Saddler had: 

(1269) Elias A., b. May 12, 1867. m. May 18, 1891, Ella Knowles. 

(1270) Ora E., b. October 21, 1869. m. June 13, 1888, Ellsworth A. 

Smith. 

(127 1 ) Elsie L., b. June 31, 1872. m. June 30, 1894, Samuel Dainoth. 

(1272) Adelia M., b. December 27, 1874. m. June 30, 1894, Luther 

Rice. 

(1273) Ernest, b. October 20, 1877. m. November 28, 1900, Mary E. 

Darrow. 

(1274) Lela M., b, September 5, 1882. m. December 25, 1900, Frank 

H. Bidleman. 

Res. Three Rivers, Mich. 



no The Stocking Ancestry 

715 Sylvester Stocking and Lana Schemerhorn had: 

(1275) Mary Melissa, b. September 18, 1825. m. January 15, 1852, 

James D. Bloomburg. No children. Both dead. 

(1276) Sarah Cornelia, b. September 25, 1827. m. January 15, 1855, 

Fred J. Enderling. 

(1277) Jacob S., b. October 3, 1830. m. Catherine Brandon. 

(1278) George H., b. February 22, 1833. m. November i, 1856, Mary 

Barnum. 
(127Q) Peter A., b. April 13, 1836. m. Julia Needham Fox. 

(1280) William S., b. February 12, 1839. m. June 26, 1864, Mary 

Roberts. 

(1281) Zelotus G., b. January 8, 1841. m. September, 1866, Adelia 

Barnum. He served three years in the Civil War. 

(1282) James J., b. December 17, 1844. m. Emma Vonvalkenburg, 

May 8, 1866. Had two children, d. 

Res. Pratteville, Green Co., N. Y. Sylvester d. of smallpox, 1857. 



719 Lois Stocking and William Newcomb had: 

(1283) Mary Jane, b. about 1830. m. Egbert Denton, who served in 

the Civil War. 

(1284) Willard Arnold, b. April 4, 1834. m. September 27, 1855, Ann 

Terwilliger. He served in Co. A, 6th Minn. Regt., Civil War. 

(1285) Rachel Ann, m. William Corliss. 

(1286) Harriet, m. James P. Stewart. 

(1287) James Madison, m. 1865, Susie Smith. 

(1288) Rosalia Caroline, m. Joseph Griffith. 

William Newcomb was a carpenter and bridge-builder. Res. Bing- 
hamton. Rem. to Willmette, Cook Co., Illinios, in 1871. 



722 Rachel Ann Stocking and Alanson Newcomb had: 

(1289) Homer A., b. April 2, 1842. m. Malvina Amos. Res. St. Louis. 

(1290) John L., b. November 30, 1844. m. Virginia Clark. Was a 

railroad man. d. November 17, 1870, Philadelphia. Son 
George graduate Girard College. 



The Stocking Ancestry iii 

(1291) Maria S., b. July 6, 1848. m. June 11, 1864, Edward Bancroft 

Taylor. 

(1292) Lida, b. January 16, 1849. m. 1870, Louis Case Brinton, a 

soldier in Civil War, and merchant in Phillipstown, Pa. Son 
Loiiis is a cadet at West Point. 

Rachel Ann d. at Purt Huron, Mich., November 13, 1896. Alanson was 
a bridge-builder, owned saw, planing, and other mills. Res. Blenheim 
and Conesville, N. Y., Philadelphia, and Port Huron, Mich. 



728 Wells Stocking and Lucetta Calista Phelps had: 

(1293) Irvin Nathaniel, b. March 5, 1839. d. February 23, 1855, ^^ 

Madison, O. 

(1294) Harriet Ellen, b. October 9, 1843. m. September 9, 1861, 

Daniel Bower. 

(1295) George Wells, b. October 25, 1846. m. June 27, 1868, Barbara 

Dixon. 

Lucetta Calista d. M. 11, 1855, and Wells m. 2d, 
Emeline Brainerd, they had: 

(1296) Arthur Newell, b. September 15, i860, m. February 26, 1885, 

Rose Knight. 

Wells was a carpenter and farmer, and res. for the greater part of his 
life in Madison and Thompson, O. He is remembered by his many friends 
as a man of a most kindly disposition, and a consistent member of the 
Disciple Church. Wife Lucetta was b. in Bradford, Pa., March 12, 1820. 



729 William Halsey Stocking and Mercy Talcott had: 

(1297) Mavret Almeda, b. August 18, 1844. m, February 25, 1874, 

David H. West. 

(1298) Albion Morrellis, b. February 27, 1846. m. October 26, 1869, 

Alice M. Leonard. 

(1299) Alnor ]\Iilan, b. November 27, 1847. d. March 14, 1865. 

(1300) Azan Mazina, b. June 20, 1849. d. September 20, 1853. 

(1301) Abbott Minter, b. January 12, 1852. d. September 2, 1853. 



112 The Stocking Ancestry 



(1302) Albert Masa, b. March 28, 1854. m. October 5, 1885, Elmyra 

Hansell. 

(1303) Arthy Mayo, b. June 25, 1856. m. February 27, 1878, Rose E. 

Shepard. 

(1304) Amer Mills, b. September 26, 1858. m. December 25, 1888, 

Adelia L. Stickle. 

(1305) Chauncey Hopkins Talcott, b. December 7, i860, m. May 16, 

1882, Jessie Arthur. 

(1306) Capt. William Wallace, b. October 11, 1863. m. October 15, 

1884, Evelyn P. Gill; m. 2d, April 22, 1890, Fannie Ben- 
jamin. 

(1307) Chester Lee, b. July 21, 1866. 

William Halsey was b. in East Hartford, Conn., and rem. with his 
parents to Madison, O., when he was two years of age. Having become 
deeply interested in religious matters in early life, he resolved to devote 
himself to the work of the Christian ministry. He was a student at the 
Farmington Academy and other educational institutions, and like so 
many of his kinsmen, he taught in the public schools. A severe illness 
from brain fever compelled him to abandon his intended profession, and he 
turned his attention to mechanical pursuits, becoming both a painter and 
a carpenter, and then by a natural development, a building contractor. 
Many fine and substantial public buildings and private residences in 
Madison, Chester, and Painesville, O., and in Booneville, Ind., are monu- 
ments of his ability and conscientiousness. All educational interests 
strongly appealed to his sympathy and his purse, and he was for many 
years clerk of the school board of his district. An ardent Republican in 
politics, a resolute friend of temperance and morality, a pillar in the Con- 
gregational Church, he easily won and firmly retained public confidence 
and private affection. Wm. Halsey was a strong anti-slavery man, and 
was a member of the National Convention that nominated John P. Hale 
for president in 1852. He was commissioned first lieutenant in the 
First Regt., First Brigade and Twenty- first Division, Ohio State Troops, 
August ID, 1839. He d. at Painesville, 0., October 20, 1897. 

His wife, Mercy Amelia, was the dau. of Elisha and Amelia (Johnson) 
Talcott, b. in Newbury, O., July 13, 1822. She was a woman of intel- 
lectual vigor, strong affections, and abundant in labors for the welfare of 
her family, and of the community in which she lived. She d. in Madison, 
O., July 10, 1885, in the communion of the Congregational Church, of 
which she was long a faithful member. 




WILLIAM HALSEY STOCKING. 



The Stocking Ancestry 113 

730 Lester Stocking and Margaret Hood, had no 
children. 

Lester was a painter and grainer. Res. in Madison, O., Booneville, 
Ind., Du Quoin, 111., Burlington, la., and Larned, Kan. He d. Septem- 
ber 21, 1890, at the home of his brother Horace, Lakin, Kan. He was 
assessor and constable in Booneville, and deputy sheriff in DuQuoin. 
A member of the M. E. Church. 



731 Rev. George Stocking and Jane Bosworth had: 

(1308) Angeline, b. June 23, 1841. m. i860, Mortimer H. Ireland. 

(1309) Clark, b. January 31, 1845. d. young. 

(13 10) Francis Asbury, b. September 3, 1848. m. March 3, 1873, Ella 

Adelaide Vroman. 

(131 1) George Bosworth, b. June 12, 1853. m. June 23, 1874, Lulu 

Lathrop; m. 2d Mary E. Pratt. 

(131 2) Isabella Jane, b. February 2, 1856. m. 1889, Albert S. Graves. 

She d. April 24, 1901. No children. 

George was b. in Hartford Co., Conn. When still an infant, he was 
taken with the family to Lake Co., Ohio. From his twelfth year he was 
obliged to support and educate himself, and he paid for his tuition by 
acting as the juvenile janitor of the Mormon Temple at Kirtland. He 
eventually entered the ministry of the M. E. Church, was a member of the 
Erie Conference, and traveled on a long circuit through Western Pennsyl- 
vania and Ohio. A throat disease compelled him to resign the active 
duties of his profession, and he rem. to Chagrin Falls, O. In 1858 he rem. 
to Lyota Township, and from there, in 1864, to Rochester, Minn., where 
he became a merchant, and spent the remaining years of an active and 
prosperous life, retiring from business in 1889, and dying in peace, Novem- 
ber 21, 1893. 

Jane Bosworth, dau. of Mather and Bathsheba Bosworth, was b. in 
Lowville, N. Y., July 28, 181 7. A devoted wife and a loving mother. 
She passed on to her rest, July 20, 1880. 



723 Henry Ancel Stocking and Sarah Ann Wakeland had: 

(1313) Alvin Clark, b. June 2, 1852. m. October 10, 1881, Mary Hollis. 

(1314) Mary Isabelle, b. January 8, 1854. m. September 15, 1872, 

John W. Rasure. 



114 The Stocking Ancestry 

(1315) Wm. Harrison, b. May 15, 1857. m. 1886, Cordelia Miller. 

(1316) Jasper Lewis, b. September 29, 1862. m. January 23, 1890, 

Alvena Gusta Weihe. 

(1317) Ella, b. April 3, 1865. m. 1886, Chas. U. Rucker. 

(1318) Minnie, b. June i, 1867. m. 1888, James Bohannon. 

Henry Ansel was b. in Madison, 0., November 4, 1823. Was a farmer 
and merchant, and res. in Madison, 0., and in Booneville, Ind., where he 
d. January 22, 1888. Sarah was b. in Warrick Co., Ind., May 22, 1831, 
and d. there February 7, 1897. She was the dau. of John and Sallie (Gray) 
Wakeland, and a devoted member of the M. E. Church, as was also her 
husband. 



734 Jabin Strong Stocking and Susan Randall had: 

(1319) Louisa A., b. May i, 1850. d. January 22, 1856. 

(1320) Jabin Bion, b. September 2, 1857. m. June 3, 1880, Carrie L. 

Bower. 

Jabin Strong was b. in Madison, 0. Was a carpenter and farmer, a 
violinist of excellent local reputation, and an enthusiastic fox-hunter. 
Res. Madison and Thompson, O., where he d. January 7, 1872. 



736 Horace Stocking and Lorinda Hudson had: 

(1321) Daughter, b. January 5, 1857. d. young. 

Horace m. 2d Melvina Lovelace, May 6, 1866, they 
had: 

(1322) Ahce Bell, b. July 5, 1867. m. January 7, 1886, Albert H. 

Bailey. Res. Lakin, Kan. 

(1323) Cora Annice, b. May 27, 1870. m. October 16, 1887, Fred J. 

Bartells. Res. Hutchinson, Kan. 

(1324) Horace Grant, b. September 27, 1872. m. June 21, 1893, Sarah 

Edna Long. 

Horace res. in Booneville, Ind., for 35 years; was a carpenter, grocer, 
and lumber dealer. In 1876 he rem. to Topeka, Kan., where he built the 
old Ohio House, corner of Sixth and Jefferson sts. Thence he went to 
Winfield, Kan., and Sullivan, Ind., settling finally in Lakin, Kan., in 1888. 



The Stocking Ancestry 115 

737 Chester Lucius Stocking 

was b. in Madison, O. Enlisted in a cavalry regiment for the Civil War, 
and was killed at the time of Hood's raid around Nashville, in 1864. He 
left a wife and two children, who did not long survive him. 



738 Henry James Stocking and Caroline McClintock had: 

(1325) Fannie, b. . m. A. B. Brasted. 

(1326) Henry James, Jr., b. July 9, 1852. m. November 26, 1879, 

Jennie R. "Ward. 

Henry James was b. in , and d. in 1854. He was a locomotive 

engineer. 



739 Harriett Stocking and Jabez W. Fairbanks had: 

(1326A) Achsah, b. September 13, 1833. m. March 23, 1852, Alfred B. 

Couch. She d. September 8, 1864, at Worcester, Mass. 
(1326B) Jabez Wilder, b. February 28, 1836. 

(1327) Harriett, b. November 14, 1839. d. October 31, 1861. 

(1328) James Root, b. October 11, 1842. 

(1329) Edgar Preston, b. January 9, 1845. Drummer boy in Civil War, 

Co. K, 34th Regt. Mass. Vol. d. November 6, 1862, at 
Fort Lyon, Va. 

Harriett Stocking was b. May 12, 181 2, at New London, Conn. Jabez 
W. was b. August 9, 1803; d. in Pittsfield, Mass., March 16, 1872. Was 
sexton of Congregational Church for 36 years, constable of the town for 
38 years. 



744 Homer Stocking and Maria L. Merryfield had: 

(1330) Charles M., b. March 15, 1848. m. Myra L. Hinkley. 

Homer was b. in Suffield, Conn.; rem. to Dalton, Mass., thence to 
Michigan in 1852, and d. at Fenton in 1863. He was a painter. Maria L. 
was b. in Washington, Mass., January i, 1828. 



ii6 The Stocking Ancestry 

745 Reuben Stocking and Nancy Toms had: 

(1331) Walter, b. June 2, 1838. m. May 15, 1863, Amelia A. Kirby 

A wagon-maker. Res. in Woodland, Cal. 

(1332) Elizabeth, d. . 

(1333) Authur, d. . 

(1334) Frances, d. . 

(1335) William, d. . Railroad man. 

(1336) Frank B., b. . m. September 30, 1877, Louisa Hosier. . 

Reuben was b. in Southwick, Mass., and d, at Pine Plains, N. Y. 



746 Mary Ann Stocking and Gilbert Stewart had: 

(1337) Helen M., b. August 3, 1835. m. January 7, 1858, Wm. H. 

Vrooman. 

(1338) Mary Elizabeth, b. July 28, 1838. m. November 4, 1864, George 

Stever; m. 2d, 1878, Daniel Bogart, Bluff Point, N. Y. 

Mary Ann was b. in Southwick, Mass., and rem. to Penn Yan, N. Y., 
in 1838. She d. there June 13, 1895. Gilbert d. there, December 29, 1878. 
He was a farmer. 



749 Margarette Stocking and Isaac West had: 

(1339) De Witt, b. March 2, 1844. m. September 19, 1866, Anna Ver- 

beck. Res. Tampico, 111. 

(1340) Alice, b. October 17, 1849. 

(1341) Charles, b. May 20, 1853. d. young. 

(1342) Margarette, b. May 20, 1853. m. April, 1872, William Bryant. 

Margarette d. May 30, 1853, and Isaac m. 2d her 
sister Charlotte, and had: 

(1343) Charles, b. October 29, 1855. m. 1884, Leona Dow. 

(1344) Lomsa, b. August 22, 1859. m. Ray McKenzie. 

(1345) Zora, b. August 5, 1869. m. August 6, 1887, William Luytens. 

Res. at Penn Yan, N. Y., but Isaac West d. at Yorktown, January 8, 
1875- 



The Stocking Ancestry 117 

750 Richard Stocking and had: 

(1345 a) Nettie. 
(1345B) Frank. 
(1345c) Hattie. 

Richard was a blacksmith, b. in Southwick, Mass., and d. in Daven- 
port, la. 



752 Ransler Stocking and Mary Keefer had: 

(1345D) Lewis K., b. May lo, 1854. d. August i, 1867. 

(1345E) George W., b. . d. March 31, 1856. 

(1345F) Lafayette T., b. December 25, 1857. m. February 11, 1879. 
Kate M. Guffin. 

Ransler rem., May, 1858, from Pine Plains, N. Y., to Prophetstown, 
111. Went for a short time to Pike's Peak, and in i860 organized Co. B, 
34th Regt. Illinois Vol. for the Civil War. Was subsequently private in 
Co. K same regiment; promoted to sergeant, under McCook's command. 
Gen. Buell's Second Division; fought in battle of Shiloh; honorably dis- 
charged on account of physical disability, July 3, 1862; returned to 
Prophetstown, and rem. thence to Morrison, la., in 1865; was owner of 
a foundry and machine-shop there until June, 1873, when he became vice- 
president of the Morrison Agricultural Works, retiring from active busi- 
ness in 1883. He was trustee of the city of Morrison in 1867, and in 1868 
was made president of the board. Ransler is known through that section 
as a man of strict integrity, singular business and executive ability, suc- 
cessful in accumulating liberal means, and respected and honored by his 
fellow-citizens. 



754 Almira Stocking and Sanford Prouty had: 

(1346) Harriet, b. March 6, 1829. 

(1347) Francis, b. June 19, 1831. 

(1348) Lovisa, b. June 24, 1833. m. John Baird, of Toledo. 

(1349) Samuel, b. . 

(1350) Cyrus, b. March 18, 1837. d. 1844. 

Sanford Prouty was a carpenter, from Hannibal, N. Y. He went to 
California when gold was discovered there, remained three years, and 



ii8 The Stocking Ancestry 

returned with a small fortune, which he invested in land at Toledo, and by 
which he became wealthy. Almira, a most estimable woman, d. there 
May 15, 1870. 



756 Sophia C. Stocking and Cyrus Shumway had: 

(1351) Celia, b. April 14, 1838. m. March 21, 1855, Edward R. Black. 

(1352) Chas. S., b. September 27, 1839. d. young. 

(1353) Sidney S., b. April 11, 1841. d. young. 

(1354) Cyrus, b. December 14, 1842. m. September 20, 1871, Joan 

Hade. 

(1355) Mary D., b. December 27, 1844. m. September 14, 1876, 

Le Roy Parsons. 

(1356) Laura A., b. April 14, 1846. d. September 23, 1858. 

(1357) Clarence E., b. December 5, 1850. d. October 7, 1864. 

Sophia C. d. at Philadelphia, March 28, 1895. Mr. Shumway d. there 
October 11, 1886. He was a merchant; b. in Belchertown, Mass. Sophia 
was a woman of remarkable beauty, and as conspicuous a figure in society 
as she was a devoted wife and mother in her family. 



757 Zalmon Stewart Stocking and Eliza Dudley had: 

(1358) Leila, b. September 17, 1854. m. June 3, 1875, Henry D. 

Blossom. She d. April 3, 1892. 

(1359) Lida, b. September 17, 1854. m. November 16, 1886, Arthur 

L. Stone. 

(1360) Dudley, b. March 25, 1858. d. young. 

(1361) De Witt, b. March 25, 1858. d. 1859. 

(1362) Daisette D., b. May 31, 1864. m. Wm. McKenzie. Res. Cam- 

bridge, Mass. 

Zalmon Stewart was a man of remarkable business ability and engaging 
social qualities. On the death of his father, he became the mainstay of 
the family. He carried on the drug business at Mansfield, 0., for several 
years, and in 1867 rem. to Cleveland, 0., where he managed his own 
estates and those of his wife, who was a wealthy widow at the time of their 
marriage. He d. May 2, 1899. His widow, a charming. Christian woman, 
still resides at Cleveland. This family were Episcopalians, and they will 
long be remembered for their refined hospitality, their genial and culti- 
vated bearing, and their support of all benevolent and Christian work. 



The Stocking Ancestry 119 

758 Laura A. Stocking and George N . Gove had no 
children. 

'Mr. Gove was a carriage-maker, b. in Vermont, and d. at Whiteford 
Center, Mich., in 1873. Laura A. was a woman of fine intellect, ster- 
ling principles, and devout Christian character. Being without family, 
she was able to devote her time and affections to the needy and the 
afflicted, and she d. at Wyoming, O., April 2, 1900, beloved and regretted 
for her unostentatious goodness. 



762 Sidney Fernando Stocking 

never married. He was the wit of the family, and the life of every social 
circle. He began practical life as a druggist in Mansfield, O. Compelled 
by ill-health to seek a milder climate, he entered the serivce of Henry 
Meggs, the "Railroad King," who was constructing a line of railroad from 
Santiago, Chili, to San Fernando. Sidney was an excellent Spanish scholar, 
and became Meggs's interpreter. Returning to the U. S. at the time of the 
Civil War, he was independent suttler in Sherman 's Corps on their march 
to the sea. He d. at Denver, Colo., May 19, 1896, aged 63 years. 



763 Louisa M. Stocking and Dr. C. R. Taft had no 
children. 

Louisa M. was b. at Akron, O. In early life she developed a rare 
talent for vocal music, in which she ultimately gained an enviable 
reputation, through which she would have become a great professional 
singer had not throat troubles prevented. She studied two years in 
Boston, under Prof. W. C. Perkins, and two years in Philadelphia, under 
Signor Barih, half-brother of Mile. Adelina Patti, She also taught vocal 
music for some years, and she had a wide reputation as a splendid vocalist. 
Her husband. Dr. C. R. Taft, was a surgeon-dentist, practicing in Mans- 
field, 0., and at the breaking out of the Civil War, he enlisted, being com- 
missioned first lieutenant 15th Regt., Ohio I Vol.; promoted captain, 
July 21, 1863, serving with honor over three years. He then returned to 
his professional practice, in Cincinnati, in company with his brother. Dr. J. 
Taft, who has for many years been dean of the dental department of 
Michigan University at Ann Arbor. Dr. Taft was a man of splendid 



I20 The Stocking Ancestry 

physical appearance, tall, muscular, and a born soldier in manner, as 
genial as a summer day, and a social favorite. He d. at Wyoming, O., 
where his widow still resides, the only surviving member of her father's 
family. 



766 Delia Ann Stocking and John M. Hughes had: 

(1362A) Ellen D., b. June 15, 1846. 

(1363) Robert S., b. February 14, 1849. 

(1364) Ann E., b. May 30, 1856. 

(1365) Wilham M., b. August 7, 1858. m. May 28, 1878, Carrie V. 

Dunahue. 

John M. d. at Mobile, Ala., September 20, 1865, and Delia Ann m. 2d 
Harvey Risk, who d. at Staunton, Va., June 19, 1894. 



768 Diantha Jane Stocking and Harmon Curran had: 

(1366) De Lafayette, res. Binghamton, N. Y. 

(1367) Lillian, m. Becker. Res. Sacramento, Cal. 



770 Denison Stocking and Eugenia Tircuit had: 

(1368) De Lafayette, b. December 13, 1868. d. December 15, 1868. 

(1369) Eugenie Eloise, b. June 15, 1872. m. April 16, 1896, Mr. A. 

Comeaux. 

(1370) Eliska Delphine, b. August i, 1874. m. June 21, 1899, Dr. 

Wm. C. Bates. 

(1371) Mahetable C, b. July 8, 1877. m. February 7, 1898, Chas. F. 

Howell, M. D. Res. West Baton Rouge, La. 

(1372) Denison, b. December 3, 1880. d. young. 

Dr. Denison Stocking was b. in Binghamton, N. Y. Choosing the pro- 
fession of a dentist, he rem. to Louisiana when a young man, and built up 
a successful practice there. At the breaking out of the Civil War, he 
enlisted in a company of the Louisiana Light Artillery; was captured at 
the battle of Island No. 10, and held for many months a prisoner in Camp 
Chase, being eventually exchanged. At the close of the war, he returned 
to the practice of his profession in Baton Rouge, and in the Parishes of 
Point Coupee and West Feliciana, where he soon secured a large and 



The Stocking Ancestry 121 

remunerative practice. He m. in 1868, Miss Eugenia Tircuit, dau. of Mr. 
Eugene Tircuit, a planter of Point Couple Parish. He was a prominent 
Mason, a Knight Templar, and M. E. Grand High Priest of the Grand 
Chapter R. A. M. of Louisiana in 1886. Dr. Denison was a man of bright 
and vigorous intellect, enforced with liberal culture and ready wit, and his 
personal magnetism attracted devoted friends. It was as natural for him 
to exercise kindness and charity as it is for the sun to shine, and his death 
was a calamity to the community. He d. in New Orleans, December 15, 
1887. His widow res. at St. Francisville, La. 



771 D. Eloise Stocking and Cyrus Brownell had; 

(1373) Nellie Cafferly. 

(1374) May, m. Hubbard. 

(1375) Kittie. 

(1376) Jessie. 

Res. Philadelphia. Mr. Brownell d. some years ago. 



773 Mary Catherine Stocking and Dr. Dexter Tucker had: 

(1377) Caroline A., b. June 9, 1846. d. young. 

(1378) Edward Dexter, b. September 6, 1848. m. December 10, 1868, 

Josephine Peterson. 

Res. Chicago, where Dr. Tucker was a prominent and successful physi- 
cian, and where he d. December 10, 1890. Widow Mary Catherine res. in 
Auburndale, Mass. 



774 Roderick S. Stocking and Mary A. WilHs had: 

(1379) Emma K., b. June 30, 1857. m. September 9, 1874, Marsena 
E. Hill. 

Roderick was a farmer in Stockbridge, Mass., where he d. 



782 Charles P. Stocking and Charity A. Downs had: 

(1380) Delia M., b. January 28, 1845. d. . 



(1381) Clinton J., D., b. September 31, 1853. d. 



122 The Stocking Ancestry 



Charity d. October, 1884, and Chas. P. m. 2d, May 
II, 1886, Mrs. Lottie D. Phelps, they had: 

(1382) Delia Verne, b. October 21, 1891. 

Res. Denison, la., where Chas. P. d. 



783 Mary J. Stocking and J. C. Downs had: 

(1383) Albert Selah, b. October 5, 1843. m. April, 1867, Mary E. 

Keeler; m. 2d, October 12, 1875, Susan B. Shields. 

(1384) Edgar Sabura, b. December 15, 1857. m. February 16, 1880, 

Sadie Walker. 

Res. Albia, la. 



784 Eliza Ann Stocking and Rufus Langdon Herrick had: 

(1385) Sophronius Sabin, b. August 9, 1840. m. February 7, 1866, 

Harriet Emeline Seaman. She m. 2d Chas. W. Brackett. 

(1386) Albert Neeley, b. March 5, 1842. d. January 20, 1853. 

(1387) Ehzabeth Josephine, b. March 9, 1848. m. February i, i866, 

Edwin W. Wilson. 

(1388) Chas. Eugene, b. January 30, 1850. m. November 30, 1868, 

Elizabeth Northrop. 

(1389) William Albert, b. July 28, 1857. m. October 7, 1885, Alice H. 

Robinson. 

Rufus L. d. February 2, 1870, and EHza Ann m. 2d Rev. Alpha Warren, 
1875. She was b. at Rush, Pa. Present res. Rockford, 111. 



785 Charlotte P. Stocking and Solon C. Jackson had: 

(1390) Solon Cransted, b. April 5, 1845. m. June 22, 1870, Florence 

A. Clark. 

(1391) Florence A. C, b. January i, 1848. 

Solon C. d. 1845, and Charlotte P. m. 2d Hiram B. Cole, April 13, 1850. 
She d. March 15, 1851. Res. Rockford, 111., and Syracuse.. N. Y. 



The Stocking Ancestry 123 

786 Joseph Castle Stocking and Cynthia EHzabeth 
Carey had: 

(1392) Frank Marion, b. July 8, 1859. m. December 25, 1882, Hattie 

Ruth Jones. 

(1393) Anna Linda, b. February 9, 1861. m. March 27, 1887, WilHs 

B. McKennon. 

(1394) Flora May, b. June 12, 1863. m. April, 1880, John Hubbard 

Hollister. 

(1395) Nellie Minerva, b. May 3, 1868. unm. 

(1396) George L., b. June 25, 1871. 

(1397) Chas. Corey, b. April 8, 1874. 

(1398) Minnie, unm. 

(1399) Ernest Castle, b. February 11, 1877. unm. 

Res Morro, San Luis Obispo Co., Cal. 



787 George L. Stocking and Mary M. Russell had: 

(1400) Sarah E., b. February 9, 1855. d. same day. 

(1401) Florence Addia, b. April 14, 1857. d. February 17, i860. 

(1402) Ella J., b. January 30, 1859. m. Porter, and d. August 2, 

1884. Had dau. Ella M. 

Res. Hyde Park, Mass. 



790 Sabura Stebbins Stocking and Charlotte E. Hig- 
gins had: 

(1403) Eva Adalene, b. October 19, 1857. m. August 22, 1893, A. G. 

Perry. Res. Chicago, 111. 

(1404) Schuyler Eugene, b. March 26, 1862. m. September i, 1883, 

Mary Himes. 

(1405) Mary Eugenie, b. March 26, 1862. m. December 7, 1882, 

Charles M. Wilhelm. 

(1406) Dollie, b. March 11, 1869. d. young. 

(1407) Fred. Carl, b. September 21, 187 1. m. October 21, 1894, Mabel 

Miller. 

(1408) Maude Berenice, b. December 11, 1876. d. May i, 1894. unm. 
Res. Chicago, 111. 



124 The Stocking Ancestry 

Sabura Stebbins was b. in Barton, Tioga Co., N. Y. ; rem. in 1839 to 
Bonus Prairie, a village near Belvidere, 111., a trading-post for the numer- 
ous Indians then resident in the vicinity. When nineteen years old, he 
located a tract of eighty acres of government land in Breenan Co., Iowa; 
traded this off for land near Waverly, la., and exchanged this property 
for a farm near Beloit, Wis., where he remained until the Civil War, at 
which date he rem. to Beloit, Wis., and engaged in mercantile business. 
Later on he rem. to Niles, Mich., thence to Rockford, 111., and is now 
residing in Chicago. Few men have ever been endowed, either by nature 
or by grace, with a more lovable character than the subject of this sketch, 
and in his inherited disposition the spirit of Elijah has descended upon 
Elisha. Moreover, this family is eminently a musical one, their gifts in 
this line being altogether unusual, and in harmony with their moral and 
social characteristics. Almost from their infancy they may be said to 
have been disciples of the divine art, and their vocal and instrumental 
contributions to the music of the church and of the social circle have been 
constant and edifying. 



791 Martha Philena Stocking and Hiram B. Patrick had: 

(1409) Martha, b. March 3, 1854. m. March 27, 1873, Dr. William A. 

Pratt. She d. September 20, 1873. 

(1410) George Eugene, b. August 22, 1855. Res. Chicago. 

(141 1) Kirk Albert, b. March 9, 1858. m. October 10, 1882, Harriet 

Eleanor Moffett. Res. Wheaton, 111. 

(1412) Warren Lander, b. February 2, i86o. Res. Milan, Tenn. 

(1413) Feany Sigel, b. September 16, 1861. m. February 18, 1885, 

Grace Louise Haigh. Res. Dunlap, la. 

(1414) Frances Eleanor, b. April 14, 1863. d. March 10, 1883. 

(1415) Benson, b. April 10, 1868. d. young. 

(1416) Ruth, b. August 28, 1869. Res. Wheaton, 111. 

(1417) Harland, b. July 19, 1871. 

Res. in Bloomingdale, 111., where all the children were born. Martha 
Philena was b. in Barton, N. Y., November 8, 1838. 



792 Adelia Ann Stocking and Orlando F. Yale had: 

(1418) Adelbert. 

Adelia Ann was divorced, and m. 2d Geo. F. Hammond, who d. 1891. 
She d. 1892. 



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793 Charlotte S. J. Stocking and Levi Moulthrop had: 

(1419) John Rowe, b. February 20, 1845. 

(1420) Harwood, b. February 6, 1849. d. 1888. 

(1421) Philura, b. November 16, 1842. d. 1871. 

Levi d. 1878. Widow Charlotte res. in Ansonia, Conn. 



794 Summerfield S. Stocking and Betsey A. Tyler had: 

(1422) Bennett Walter, b. March 29, 1847. ni. Julia George. Res. 

Portland, Ore. 

(1423) Emma Ann b. December 28, 1849. unm. Res. Bristol, Conn. 

Summerfield S. was divorced and m. 2d, December 
27, 1852, Christina Eldridge, they had: 

(1424) Edward Servillius, b. April 19, 1854. m. May 17, 1875, Nellie 

M. Downs. 

(1425) Nellie J., b. February 3, 1859. d. 1862. 

(1426) Chas. Selah, b. March 19, 1866. m. October 26, 1887, Ella Bun- 

nell; m. 2d Alice M. Purdy. 

(1427) Nettie Serilla, b. August 29, 1872. unm. Res. Bristol, Conn. 

Summerfield S. was b. in Oswego, N. Y., and has resided in Ansonia, 
Clinton, and Bristol, Conn. Christina was b. July 15, 1832, and d. Decem- 
ber 19, 1887, at Bristol, Conn. 



795 Lamertine Stocking (Stogden) and Ellen How- 
arth had: 

(1428) Mary, b. . m. Rowe. 

(1429) Eva Gardner, b. . m. Martine. 

Lamertine d. August 27, 1881. 



798 Rev. Oliver Eastborn Stocking (Stogden) and Jennie 
Leithead had: 

(1430) Gehrett Oliver, b. June 12, 1892, at New Hope, Pa. 

Rev. Oliver was b. in New Castle, Del.; rem. to Chester, Pa., and was 
apprenticed to a tinsmith and iron-worker at an early age. He entered 



126 The Stocking Ancestry 

Chester Academy, paying the expenses of his education by manual labor; 
entered Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1882. Though raised a Pres- 
byterian by a very strict and conscientious mother, he became a convert to 
the Methodist faith, and was a licensed preacher during his college course. 
Ordained deacon by Bishop Henry W. Warren, March 16, 1884, and elder 
by Bishop Foster, March 20, 1887. He has had pastoral care of churches 
in Philadelphia, Mahanoy Plane, Ambler, and Jarrettown, Glendon, New- 
Hope, Portland, Somerton, Port Carbon, Shenandoah, and Williamstown, 
all of Pennsylvania. Wife Jennie is descended from the old Dalgleisch 
Scotts, cousins of Sir Walter, and of Sir James Hogg. Her mother was 
often taken by these eminent gentlemen on their fishing excursions, she 
being a great favorite with them. 



803 Sarah Jane Stocking and Nathan Marvin Bel- 
den had: 

(1431) Rev. Charles Marvin, b. September 3, 1857. m. Sarah White. 

(1432) John, b. June 4, 1863. m. Frances Fitch. 

Sarah Jane was educated in the public schools of Norwich, Conn., and 
at St. Mark's Hall, Orange, N. J. She was for a time a teacher in Oxford, 
N. Y. Nathan Marvin Belden was b. in Wilton, Conn., August 17, 1826, 
and d. there of apoplexy, July 28, 1895. He was the son of John Arms 
and Betsey Caroline (Marvin) Belden, and grandson of Rev. David Belden, 
of Wilton. He was educated at the Wilton Academy, graduated with 
honors (salutatorian) from Trinity College in 1848; instructor in Latin in 
that college in 1850-52; vice-principal of St. Mark's Hall, Orange, N. J., 
1855; first principal of the Punchard Academy, Andover, Mass., 1856-57. 
He then associated himself with his brother Samuel in the work of a large 
boarding-school for boys at White Plains, N. Y., in which he was very 
successful. In 1861 ill health obliged him to retire to his native town, 
and a brief farm life so recuperated him that he resumed his profession, 
teaching at the Weston (Conn.) Military Institute, at Southport, and as 
principal of the Ansonia (Conn.) High School. The later period of his life, 
however, was devoted chiefly to public affairs. He represented his native 
town in the legislature for eight years; was for many years county com- 
missioner, state prison inspector, civil engineer, and surveyor, and select- 
man. His versatility of talent was altogether remarkable. As a linguist, 
his mastery of ancient and modern languages was almost as intuitive as 
it was accurate, and it gained for him an enviable reputation far beyond 



The Stocking Ancestry 127 

the bounds of his native state. Though not trained in the law his knowl- 
edge of it was so extensive and technically accurate that he was sought 
far and wide as a referee and administrator in difficult and complicated 
cases, and he probably settled more estates than any other man in Con- 
necticut. He was by inheritance and conviction a sturdy churchman of 
the conservative type, a lay reader in his parish (St. Matthew's, Wilton); 
its warden and treasurer for twenty-five years, and one of its strong pillars 
even from his youth. Never was there so accomplished a man as modest 
as he, perhaps, for he lived and died in a rural community, stopping his 
ears against the suggestions of political ambition, and preferring his native 
hills to social thrones. A conscientious Christian, a sterling patriot, a 
generous soul, and ideal neighbor, he was followed to his resting-place in 
St. Matthew's chiirchyard, Wilton, by a great concourse of grief-stricken 
friends. 



805 Sabura Stebbins Stocking and Mary Louise Car- 
ter had: 

(1433) Lottie Baker, b. October lo, 1859. d. April 10, 1876. 

(1434) Freddie Carter, b. July 5, 1865. d. March 15, 1866, 

Sabura S. was b. in Norwich, Conn., educated in the public schools, 
learned the cabinet-maker's trade, and eventually carried on that business 
as one of the firm of Pratt & Stocking, Leominster, Mass. He also engaged 
in the same business in Boston, and removing to New York City, he had 
charge for many years of the sales-rooms of some of the largest furniture 
dealers and manufacturers in that city. He served in the Civil War, from 
May 20, 1861, to June 28, 1863, as quartermaster's sergeant, 15th Regt., 
Mass. Vol., and is now a pensioner, member of Sedgwick Post No. i. 
G. A. R., stationed at Norwich, Conn., and has been for five years past 
superintendent of the Buckingham Memorial Post Headquarters at Nor- 
wich. Mary Louise is the dau. of the late Samuel and Louise Carter, of 
Norwich, Conn. 



807 Rev. Dr. C. H. W. Stocking and Isabelle W. Hol- 
comb had: 

(1435) Julia Holcomb, b. December 26, 1866. m. February 7, 1893, 

R. Wain Wright Bacot. 

(1436) Willie Holcomb, b. November 29, 1868. d. October 13, 1869. 

(1437) Helen Augusta, b. July 7, 1872. m. April 10, 1902, Wilham 

Pierce Marr. 



128 The Stocking Ancestry 

(1438) Florence, b. November 29, 1874. d. September 25, 1875. 

(1439) Grace, b. January 12, 1878. 

Rev. Dr. Chas. H. W. was b. in Norwich, Conn. When but three years 
old, he was one day missed from home, and after anxious search was 
found in the public school. This early disposition for learning induced 
his parents to permit him to attend school from that time forth. He was a 
sickly boy in his younger years, and not until he was twenty did he become 
well and strong. He was educated at the Norwich Academy, graduated 
from Trinity College in i860 with rank of Optimus, was class-poet, prize 
man in chemistry and history, and valedictorian; received degree of A. M. 
in 1863; was commencement poet for the House of Convocation in 1875; 
Doctor of Divinity of William and Mary College in 1874; ordained priest 
in the Protestant Episcopal Church by Bishop Horatio Potter, June, 1863; 
in charge of All Saints' Church, Brier Cliff, N. Y., 1863-64; Church of the 
Nativity, Bridgeport, Conn., 1864-65; rector of Christ Church, Ansonia, 
Conn., 1865-69; of Trinity Church, Rochester, N. Y., 1869-72; of Church 
of the Epiphany, Chicago, 1872-75; of Grace Church, Detroit, Mich., 
1875-83; of Trinity, Albany, 1884-87; of Church of the Holy Innocents, 
West Orange, N. J., and principal of Orange Academy, 1887-95; principal 
of Freehold Ladies' Seminary, 1896-98; of St. Peter's Church, Mt. Arling- 
ton, N. J., for the summer seasons of 1897-1901 ; rector of St. John's Church, 
San Bernardino, Cal., 1901-2; is now rector of St. James's Church, Vin- 
cennes, Ind. 

Dr. Stocking was a member of the Standing Committee of the Diocese 
of^Illinois; secretary of its Board of Missions, and examining chaplain to 
the Bishop; chairman of the Committee on Constitution and Canons of 
the Diocese of Michigan, and examining chaplain to the Bishop. He has 
organized several missions which are now vigorous parishes ; was for eight 
years chaplain of the First Brigade Michigan State Troops, and is a life 
member of the Scott National Guard. 

Dr. Stocking has served as private tutor for several families of distinc- 
tion, making frequent foreign tours for observation and instruction. 
Among his first pupils was Mr. Thomas D. Fish, head of the well-known 
shipping-house of Thos. Dunham's Nephew & Co., New York, and the 
Hon. George L. Rives, Assistant Secretary of State during the Cleveland 
administration, and now corporation counsel of the city of New York. 
The Doctor has been assistant editor of a New York Magazine, and a con- 
tributor to many newspapers and periodicals, and is well known as a 
professional genealogist, having published the " Knowlton Ancestry" in 
1896, and the "South worth Genealogy" in 1898. 

Dr. Stocking has had a very successful career in the lecture field, and 




REV. CHARLES HENRY WRIGHT STOCKING, D. D.'-fl 



The Stocking Ancestry 129 

was at one time on the staff of the Chautauqua University. In Masonic 
matters he has always taken a deep interest, and has held the principal 
offices in the lodge, chapter, council, and commandery, having been for 
eight years grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey. He is a 
man of phenomenal health and strength, having had but one illness worth 
mentioning since he was twenty years old. 

Isabelle Holcomb is the dau. of Mr. William W. and Julia (Wheaton) 
Holcomb, of Bridgeport, Conn., where she was b. September 21, 1844. 
Her father was a prominent merchant, and was at one time chief engineer 
of the fire department. Isabelle is the lineal descendant of the Rev. John 
Russell, of Hadley, Mass., in whose house the regicides of Charles II. were 
harbored. Her great-grandfather, Jonathan Russell, was a Revolutionary 
soldier, and her ancestors were prominent in the development of New 
Haven Colony. 



808 Francis Baker Stocking and Mary E. Edwards had: 

(1440) Louis Clifford, b. August 22, 1862. m. ist, Jennie Lyman 
Badger. 

Francis Baker was b. in Yantic, Conn., educated in the public schools, 
and learned the machinist trade at the Novelty Iron Works, Norwich, 
Conn., where he has been for forty-eight years engaged in machine build- 
ing, the longest period of service of any person connected with the Com- 
pany. In 1858 he began the study of music, and in 1859 became a mem- 
ber of the 13th Regt. Band, Conn. Vol., the connection lasting several 
years. He has also for many years been a member of various glee clubs 
and orchestras, and a very successful teacher of the guitar and organ. 
He has res. in Norwich Township all his life. 

Mary Eliza was b. in Cleveland, O. Dau. of Mark Edwards, of Peters- 
burgh, Va., and Mary Eliza Allatron, his wife, of New York City. The 
Edwardses had much property in slaves, all of which was lost at the time 
of the Civil War. 

Son Louis Clifford was educated in private and public schools, learned 
the drug business, and was for twelve years head clerk in the pharmacy of 
John M. Brewer, Norwich. Ill-health compelling a change of business, 
he became bookkeeper of the Willimantic Silk Co., Preston, Conn. Re- 
turning to the pharmacy for a season, he rem. in 1895 to Hampton, Conn., 
where he now has a dairy farm, supplying the Boston market. He m. 2d, 
March 16, 1895, Miss Jennie Wheeler, of Hampton. No children. 



13° The Stocking Ancestry 

809 Dwight Clifford Stocking and Addie Bryant had: 

(1441) Fannie, b. July 12, 1872. d. young. 

(1442) Thomas Marvin, b. February 3, 1876. m. April 18, 1897, Leo- 

nora May Raymond. She d. October 5, 1901. 

(1443) Alice Bryant, b. January 23, 1879. 

Dwight Chfford was b. in Norwich, Conn., and at an early age went on 
a whaling voyage. He followed the sea for many years, filling many im- 
portant and responsible positions, having been for a considerable time 
first officer of a steamship. He was a great traveler, and visited every 
country on the globe. His contagious good-humor, ready wit, and cosmo- 
politan life and experience, made him an entertaining companion and a 
popular favorite. His later life was spent in New York and Brooklyn, in 
the ofifice of the Sligo Iron Works, and in the chronometer and ship supply 
business. He d. at Canterbury, Conn., of sunstroke, September 17, 1878, 
and is buried in Wilton, Conn. His widow m. 2d, October 22 188? Moses 
B. Wells. 



813 Solon Walter Stocking 

has never married. He res. in Washington, D. C, where he has made his 
home for many years. To a fine physical presence, nature and industry 
have added mental gifts and attainments of an unusual character, as is 
evidenced by the following civil and military record: 

Marble-worker, teacher, graduate and valedictorian of his class, Ham- 
ilton College, 1855; graduate of Hamilton College Law School, and ad- 
mitted to the bar of State of New York, 1858; soldier, as private, U. S. 
Vol. Infantry, May, 1861; first lieutenant and captain ist N. Y.' Light 
Artillery; mustered out July, 1865, by reason of close of the war, as brevet 
major, U. S. Vols, and brevet colonel, N. Y. Vols.; law clerk, Freedman's 
Bureau, Washington, D. C, 1865; in the State and Executive Depart- 
ments of the State of New York; clerk of the Committee on Cities, Senate 
of the State of New York; clerk in the Land Office, Department of the 
Interior, Washington, D. C, September i, 1869; clerk. Class i, U. S. 
Census Office (9th Census), April, 1870; clerk. Classes 2, 3, and'4, and 
Chief of Division of Results, August i, 1870. On competitive exami- 
nation appointed 3d Asst. Examiner in the United States Patent Office, 
Washington, D. C, January 9, 1873; quahfied July 11, 1873; promoted 
to 2d Asst. Examiner, July 13, 1874; ist Asst. Examiner, November 10, 
1874; Principal Examiner, April 27, 1876, and appointed by the Presi- 




DWIGHT CLIFFORD STOCKING. 



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dent, and confirmed by the United States Senate, as a member of the 
Board of Examiners in Chief, April 19, 1889, which position he now (1902) 
occupies. 



816 Edgar Blood Stocking and Emily Chapman had: 

(1444) Walter Edgar, b. July 29, 18&8. d. October 4, 1875, at Syra- 

cuse, N. Y. 

(1445) Sarah Emily, b. July 7, 1869. d. October 6, 1875, at Syracuse, 

N. Y. 

(1446) George Selah, b. December 21, 1872. d. February 16, 1876, at 

Syracuse, N. Y. 

(1447) Fanny Huldah, b. September 17, 1877. 

(1448) Emily Chapman, b. July 27, 1879. d. May 11, 1885, at Wash- 

ington, D. C. 

(1449) Mary Edna, b. April 15, 1881. 

Wife Emily was dau. of Simeon B. and Huldah A. Chapman, of Mar- 
cellus, N. Y. She d. May 14, 1890, and Edgar B. m. July 16, 1891, her 
sister Sarah, by whom he had no children. Edgar B. is a prominent 
patent lawyer in Washington, D. C, a man of genius and marked ability, 
as is sufficiently attested by the following military and civil record : 

Enlisted as private, Battery K ist N. Y. Light Artillery, September i, 
1864; honorably discharged, June 20, 1865, at the close of the war; Assis- 
tant U. S. Marshall, 23d District of N. Y., appointed May, 1870; U. S. 
Internal Revenue Storekeeper, appointed November 21, 187 1; clerk in 
U. S. Pension Office, November 5, 1875, upon civil service examination; 
transferred to U. S. Patent Office, December 7, 1876; June 23, 1877, pro- 
moted on competitive examination to 3d Assistant Examiner in said 
office; resigned, November 20, 1879, and began the practice of patent law 
before the Office and in the United States Circuit Courts, and in the 
Supreme Court of the United States. 



823 Benjamin Stocking and Loisa Benedict had: 

(1450) Albert D., b. April 15, 1835. m. Lois Hulbert. 

(1451) Rev. George B., b. September 15, 1837. m. December 25, 1858, 

Cornelia Ellis. 

Benjamin was a farmer, and d. in Cato, N. Y., December, 1893. Wife 
Loisa d. at Quincy, Mich., 1885. 



132 The Stocking Ancestry 

831 George Wesley Stocking and Matilda Bush had: 

(1452) Frances, m. Alfred Waterbury. 

(1453) Tamar Pound, He d. February 18, 1858. 



833 Dr. Charles Giles Stocking and Mary Woodhull had: 

(1454) Marietta S., b. December 14, 1847. i^- J^^e 9, 1869, John 

Wesley Knaggs. 

(1455) George Abner, b. March 2, 1849. 

(1456) Dimeis Tryphena, b. May 7, 1852. m. Charles H. Denison. 

(1457) Charles Abner, b. September 23, 1854. d. young. 

(1458) George Wesley, b. May 18, 1856. d. young. 

Dr. Charles Giles d. June 8, 1898. Res. Penn Yan, Seneca Falls, Mon- 
tezuma, and Westbury, N. Y. He was a prominent physician in every 
place of residence. A man of commanding presence and benevolent 
aspect, he was widely known through the countryside for his humane 
disposition, as well as for his professional skill. His best strength and 
effort were always at the service of the poor, from whom he expected no 
reward except the satisfaction of relieving human suffering and cheering 
the desolate, and he built his monument in the hearts of his fellowmen. 
His widow res. in Spring Lake, N. Y. 



834 Solon Cook Stocking and Mrs. Cynthia (Ostrander) 
Hill had: 

(1459) William W. 

(1460) AHce. 

(1461) Dorothy Florence. 

Solon C. d. in Jordan, N. Y., February, 1902. 



835 Emily Amelia Stocking and William K. Wheat, 
M. D., had: 

(146 1 a) Frederick Sheaf, b. . m. Maria Abigail Montague. 

(1461B) Solon Shallor, b. December i, 1861. d. 1872. 




CHARLES GILES STOCKING M. D. 



The Stocking Ancestry 133 

Emily A. d. in Lansing, Mich., February lo, 1896. 

She was b. in Cayuga Co., N. Y., and being the dau. of a Methodist 
minister, was an earnest and loyal disciple of that faith, and showed her 
faith by her Christian character and charitable deeds. She rem. to Bay 
City Mich just after the close of the Civil War, and at once became 
prominent in missionary work and in that of the W. C. T. U. In 1875 her 
husband, a prominent physician, rem. with his family to Caro. Mich., 
where they resided until the doctor's appointment to a position m the State 
Department occasioned their removal to Lansing. Believing m the higher 
education of women, Mrs. Wheat became a thorough student m the classics 
and modern languages, taking up German at the unusual age of sixty years 
Strong in her convictions and frank in the utterance of them, a profound 
thinker and of a vigorous personality, she was a natural leader m, and an 
indomitable champion of, all works of moral and religious beneficence. 



836 Helen Mary Stocking and Abram Sturge had: 

(1462) Emma Tryphena, b. . 

(1463) Inez. 

Helen Mary d. February 17, 1887, at Montezuma, N. Y. 



840 Sidney W. Stocking and Charlotte Romine had: 

(1464) Mary J., m. Charles Veatch, ot St. Louis. 

(1465) Annie C, b. . m. J. W. Nash. Res. Minneapohs. 

(1466) Sidney W., Jr., b. . m. Effie Stiles; m. ad Jennie Neal. 

Res. Rockport, Ind. 
Sidney W. is a dealer in hardware and building material. Res. Rock- 
ford, Ind. 

841 Sophia Stocking and Robert Graham had: 

(1467) James. 

(1468) John. 

Res. Spokane, Wash., where the sons are doing a large wholesale busi- 
ness in paper and stationery. 



1 34 The Stocking Ancestry 

845 Hon. James S. Stocking and Mary Elizabeth Hal- 
lam had: 

(1469) Hugh L., b. September 29, 1866. m. May Fritch. 

(1470) Harold H., b. April 29, 1868. d. August 29, 1887. 

(1471) Ella Maude, b. September 13, 1871. m. John W. Miller. She 

d. November 25, 1899. 

Hon. James S. m. 2d Mary Josephine Robinson, of Coshocton Co., Ohio 
No issue. 

The subject of this sketch was b. in Washington, Pa., December 4 1839 
The death of his father left him in early youth to make his own way 'in the 
world, and with the limited knowledge acquired in a common school he 
began, at twelve years of age, an unsuccessful struggle with adversity 
On April 19. 1861, he enlisted in the Union Army,ii2th Pennsylvania Vol • 
re-enhsted for three years on August 28, 1861, in the looth Pennsvlvania 
Vol ; served until January, 1864; again re-enlisted for the entire duration 
of the war, and was successively promoted from private to first lieutenant 
At the battle near Poplar Grove Church, Va., he lost his left arm by a 
gunshot wound, and was mustered out in January, 1865. After the war 
he became a telegraph operator in connection with a news and notion 
store; elected clerk of Washington County Courts; re-elected in 187c- 
Representative in the State Legislature in 1889 and '91; postmaster under 
President Arthur; superintendent of Seed Department in Agricultural 
Bureau at Washington, D. C, under President Harrison; associate editor 
and proprietor for three years of the Washington (D. C.) Observer and 
since that time a successful dealer in real estate, having laid out success- 
ively Kalorama and Woodland, suburbs of Washington, Pa and in 
company with other investors. West Washington, East Washington, and 
the Gordon Addition. Was first president of the Gordon Land Co and 
at present its treasurer. Though not endowed by nature with a rugged 
constitution, he has so conserved his physical forces by strict teetotal 
principles and by fixed habits of industry, that the medical profession have 
not been able since the war to secure him as a patient. The whole career 
of this remarkable man is an admirable illustration of what can be accom- 
plished by energy, perseverance, and integrity, in the face of seemingly 
insuperable obstacles. 

Mary Josephine, the second wife, is the granddaughter of General 
Robinson, a pioneer of Washington Co., Pa., who was once captured by 
the Indians bound to a stake, and about to be burned, but who was 
released by Logan, the chief of the Mingoes. 



The Stocking Ancestry 135 

846 Alfred H. Stocking and Arabella Williams had: 

(1473) 
(1474) 
(1475) Shirley. 

Alfred H. m. 2d Barbara Schrecker. He is proprietor of the Auld House, 
Washington, Pa. 



851 Ellen Eliza Stocking and John Wesley Strong had: 

(1476) Edna Eliza, b. . d. young. 

(1477) Henry Wesley, d. young. 

(1478) Frederick Augustus, b. September 29, 1861. m. October 17, 

1889, Mary Warner Grannis. General Superintendent of 
Eaton, Cole & Burnham Works, Bridgeport, Conn. 
Arthur Edward, d. young. 

Res. Springfield and Northampton, Mass., and New Haven, Conn. John 
W. d. October, 1893, and his widow res. in Bridgeport, Conn. 



852 Martha King Stocking and Albert B. Clough had: 

(1479) Ida Beatrice Lee, b. February 27, 1874. 

(1480) Grace Day, b. November 29, 1876. m. October 24, 1901, 

Everett El wood Jessup. 

Res. New Haven and Bridgeport, Conn. Mr. Clough was b. April 4, 
1840, son of Wyman and Sophronia Hamilton (Parsons) Clough, of Chico- 
pee Falls, Mass. He was for twenty-four years the head tool-maker for 
Eaton, Cole & Burnham Works, at Bridgeport, where he d. January i, 1900. 



858 Ann Elizabeth Stocking and J. Edgar Davis had: 

(1481) Paul Alexander, b. October 17, 1867. 

(1482) Mary, b. May 29, 1869. m. January i, 1895, Dr. Lyman Jones, 

of North Adams, Mass. 

(1483) Helen Augusta, b. April 12, 1873. 

Mr. Davis is a clothing merchant in Worcester. 



136 The Stocking Ancestry 

871 Elisha Day Stocking and Ella Prentice had: 

(1484) Nellie Day, b. October 16, 1873. m. Orvis M. Savels, of Wor- 
cester, Mass. 



873 Isaac G. Stocking and Lainey McDowell had: 

(1485) Jane, b. January 5, 1831. d. May 14, 1882. unm. 
(i486) Isaac H., b. December 6, 1832. d. October 7, 1877. unm. 

(1487) Daniel B., b. September 3, 1834. d. April 10, 1879. unm. 

Was government clerk, Washington, D. C. Served in the 
Civil War, and d. at Omaha. 

(1488) Harriet G., b. September 5, 1837. m. November 7, 1865, R. 

W. Braden. Had son Clark. Res. Washington, D. C. 

(1489) Matilda, b. December 17, 1841. d. young. 

(1490) Robert McD., b. September 17, 1843. ^- December 28, 1867, 

Imogen Storrs. 

(1491) Elizabeth, b. April 11, 1846. d. May 27, 1850. 

Isaac G. was a prosperous farmer, res. at Flockville, Lisbon Township, 
N. Y., and d. March 26, 1877. Lainey d. October 5, 1888. 



874 Mary M. Stocking and WilHam Armstrong had: 

(1492) Timothy, b. 1829. m. . Had dau. Minnie, New 

York City. 

(1493) William L., b. September 26, 1831. m. June i, 1851, Jane 

McCarter. He d. March 3, 1894. 

(1494) Mary F., b. September, 1837. m. Dr. H. F. Canfield. She d. 

June 29, i860. 

Mary M. d. June 26, 1862. 



875 Billius Stocking, Jr., and Mary Hunt had: 

(1495) Henry S., b. April 30, 1840. d. young. 

(1496) Mary Frances, b. July 18, 1845. m. January 9, 1867, John 

Widdicomb. 

(1497) Theodore B., b. April 22, 1849. d. March 4, 1876. 



The Stocking Ancestry 137 

(1498) Alida C, b. January lo, 1852. unm. Res. Grand Rapids. 

(1499) Arthur, b. March 17, 1854. d. young. 

BilHus, Jr., was b. in Lisbon, N. Y., and rem. to Grand Rapids, Mich., 
where he d. May 28, 1893. He was for several years a farmer, subse- 
quently an appraiser of Western land. 



876 Daniel C. Stocking and Mary Hanna had: 

(1500) Mary Hortense, b. July 19, 1847. d. young. 

(1501) David B., b. October 9, 1840. Served in the Civil War, 78th 

Regt. N. Y. S. V. d. at Alexandria, Va., December 21, 1862. 

(1502) Myron T., b. July i, 1846. m. 1869, Elizabeth Thompson. 

(1503) Jerome D., b. December 24, 1849. i^- October 3, 1878, Emma 

A. Hubbell, of Altona, 111. 

Daniel rem. from New York State to Grand Rapids, Mich., 1837, when 
that locality was only an Indian village. He returned East, settling in 
Lisbon Center, N. Y., where he d. February 21, 1882. Son Myron T. still 
preserves as a relic the hub of one of the wheels of the wagon in which the 
above family emigrated to Michigan. 



877 Martha S. Stocking and Henry McFadden had: 

(1504) Elizabeth D., b. June 15, 183 1. m. May 27, 1852, WilHam W. 

Glass. She d. May 23, 1898. 

(1505) Mary G., b. October 26, 1833. m. September 26, 1850, Adam 

McCormick. She d. April 11, 1899. 

(1506) Billins S., b. January 6, 1836. m. February 12, 1859, Hester 

A. Lanktree. He d. February 20, 1875. 

(1507) Melissa J., b. June 11, 1839. m. February 12, 1859, James W. 

Bailie. 

(1508) George, b. September 20, 1841. d. July 21, 1844. 

(1509) Henry, b. March 20, 1846. m. August 29, 1872, Jane E. 

Murphy. He d. February 7, 1879. 

(1510) M. Lucretia, b. December i, 1848. m. November 7, 1868, 

John M. Harshan. 

(1511) H. Celestia, b. May 27, 1851. m. September 15, 1892, Horace 

P. Boothroyd. He d. April 7, 1893. 



^3^ The Stocking Ancestry 

(1512) Hartencia L., b. August i, 1853. m. November 9, 1876 Lev- 
erett E. McCurdy. 

Martha was b. in Lisbon, N. Y. 



879 James F. Stocking and Jane Chambers had: 

(1513) John B., b. July 9, 1847. d. young. 

(1514) Margaret M., b. December 9, 1848. d. young. 

(1515) Lainey A., b. February 9, 1853. m. W. A. Grey. 

(1516) AHda C, b. October 31, 1857. d. November 30, 1861. 

(1517) Beatrice, b. August 28, 1864. m. James E. McFadden 

(15 18) Theodore C, b. August 28, 1864. unm. Res. in Stillwater 

Minn. 

James F. was b. in Lisbon, N. Y. ; rem. to Waterford, Minn where he 
d. October 7, 1887. 



880 MeHssa Stocking and R. Spooner had: 

(1519) James T., b. August 30, 1843. unm. A farmer. 

(1520) Ruggles S., b. April 12, 1847. unm. A farmer 

(1522) Newell E., b. July 8, 1856. m. May 18, 1897. d. February n 

1899. 

(1523) Amelia M., b. September 18, 1858. d. November 6, 1894. 

Rem. from New York to Big Rapids, Mich., in 1862. where she d 
March 9, 1900. Mr. Spooner is a farmer. 



881 Dr. Duncan F. Stocking and Susan Whiteside had: 
(1524) Hobart M. 



885 Amanda Stocking and Frederick Small had: 

(1525) Gertrude. 

(1526) Julia. 

Fred. Small was a farmer, and d. 1895, at Springfield, N. Y. 



The Stocking Ancestry 139 



886 Alena Stocking and Herbert Small had: 

(1527) Frank, b. 1857. Gone to the Klondike. 
Alena d. March 25, 1865. Herbert was a farmer. 



SS7 Henry J. Stocking and Helen Wagar had no children: 

He was b. in Springfield, N. Y. ; enlisted in Co. K, 43d Regt. N. Y. Vol. ; 
participated in six general engagements; was taken prisoner, and honora- 
bly discharged with rank of sergeant. He d. May 27, 1865. 



888 Alsina L. Stocking and William Wicks had: 

(1528) Amelia. 

(1529) Hosea. 

William was a merchant, d. March 11, 1890. 



889 Lailey Hezekiah Stocking and Julia Bates had: 

(1530) Charles S., b. March 12, 1864. d. August 17, 1883. 

(1531) Ada S., b. May 7, 1877. d. July 26, 1898. 

He was by trade a molder. d. August 10, 1883. 



890 Andrew J. Stocking and Elna E. Burke had: 

(1532) Nellie P., b. February 17, 1870. m. January 5, 1898, Harris 

Chase. 

(1533) Maude B., b. January 5, 1872. m. July 3, 189 1, Hosea Wicks. 
(1533A) Fred L., b. July 21, 1875. 

(1534) Vaughn D., b. August 25, 1877. Res. Burlington Flats, N. Y. 

(1535) Mura, b. August 25, 1877. m. Leroy Barton. 

(1536) Leo A., b. September 17, 1888. 

Andrew J. is a carpenter, res. at Fly Creek, N. Y. 



HO The Stocking Ancestry 

893 Charlotte L. Stocking and George Lippitt had: 

(1537) Carrie E., b. December 28, 1878. 

(1538) Hugh O., b. November 24, 1886. 

(1539) Harry B., b. August 15, 1888. 



905 Rev. James Brainard Stocking and JuHa C. Dole had: 

(1540) Alice Winnifred, b. June 19, 1877. 

(1541) Ernest Dole, b. November 23, 1879. 

(1542) Judson Coleman, b. April 22, 1881. m. February, 1900, Edna 

Finnegan. 

(1543) Burton Richards, b. July 16, 1886. 

(1544) Ruth, b. October 20, 1889. 

Rev. James B. was b. in Elyria, O. ; educated in the public schools- 
graduated from Oberlin College, and also from Oberlin Theological Semi- 
nary in 1880; ordained to the ministry of the Congregational Church, 
September, 1880; has held pastorates in North Ridgefield, and Chatham,' 
O., m New Castle, Colo., and at present is pastor of the Congregational 
Church, Wahoo, Neb. 



907 Alfred Stocking and Elizabeth Ward had: 

(1545) Daniel Azen, b. June 23, 1876. Res. Elyria, 0. Unm. 

(1546) Lucy CaHsta, b. June 30, 1879. 



908 George Stocking and Minnie Denison had: 

(1547) Dorotha, b. October 23, 1885. 

(1548) Ahce|D.,|b.|December 11, 1887. 

(1549) Ellis. 

(1550) Ruth. 



911 Edwin Stocking and Caroline Peckham had: 

(1551) Charles Peckham, b. August 31, 1864. Res. Waubaushene, 
Ontario, Canada. Unm, 



The Stocking Ancestry 141 

(1552) Mary Lydia, b. February 3, 1867. m. May 22, 1902, Walter 

Samuel B. Armstrong. Res. Toronto. 

(1553) Ellie Frances, b. May 23, 1871. m. April 6, 1898, Charles Henry 

Sheppard. Res. Brule Lake, Algonquin Park, Ontario. 

(1554) Fred Townsend, b. December 10, 1873. unm. Res. Victor, 

Colo. 

Edwin Stocking was b. at Springfield, Otsego Co., N. Y. When he was 
but one year old, his parents rem. to Reynold's Basin, N. Y., via the Erie 
Canal. Young Edwin's fondness for the water brought him into such 
peril that he was twice rescued from the Canal, his life being saved with 
difficulty. His father was a severe, though just, man in the matter of 
domestic training, and the fact that young Edwin never needed punish- 
ment is sufficient proof of his youthful integrity. He was diligent in study 
when a boy, and under his grandfather's instruction, he developed such a 
taste and capacity for the mechanic arts, that at the age of fifteen he was 
already a clever worker in wood and iron, and he built a tricycle and a 
steam engine. One year later he actively engaged in merchandise, and in 
buying stock for market, and when his father took contracts for build- 
ing sections of the N. Y. Central R. R., Edwin was invaluable to, and very 
popular among, the employees. When eighteen years old, he conceived 
the idea of becoming an engineer, and he went to Rochester, N. Y., for 
that purpose. In one week's time he qualified himself not only to run, 
but also to build an engine. When twenty-one years old, he went to 
Warrington, Simcoe Co., Ontario, and worked in a mill, saving enough 
from his wages to purchase eighty acres of wild land in Michigan, which 
gave him a competence later on. His employer at Warrington, Mr. 
Stephen Peckham, a York State Quaker, discovering the mechanical 
genius of his employee, soon promoted him to be engineer of the works, 
and in 1863 he married Caroline Peckham, daughter of his employer. In 
1865 he moved to Toronto, and took entire charge of the construction of 
a telegraph line from Detroit to Quebec. In 1867 he became a partner in 
the lumber firm of Peckham, Hoag & Co., of Newmarket, Ontario, and in 
1872 he rem. to Erie, Pa., to take charge of that end of the business. 
While overseeing the delivery of logs at Misery Bay, Lake Erie, he con- 
tracted a severe cold, ending in consumption; universal depression in 
business in 1875 followed, one of his partners proved to be dishonest, and 
under the pressure of such combined misfortunes, he gradually succumbed, 
and went to his long and peaceful rest on June 10, 1875. 

Edwin was a keen sportsman, and in his many hunting excursions 
along the Nottawasaga River, with his brother Edgar, and his particular 
friend, Mr. George Randolph, he always secured valuable and abundant 



142 The Stocking Ancestry 

game. His social enthusiasm and business energy marked him as a man 
of^unusual attractiveness, and these personal characteristics were chas- 
tened and consecrated by a sound Christian walk and conversation in the 
communion of the Presbyterian Church. 



912 Mary Phylena Stocking and John Kidder Fuller had: 

(1555) Charles Vincent, b. January 15, 1863. Res. Grand Ledge, Mich. 

(1556) Emma Mae, b. September 15, 1871. m. Floyd Chedwick. Res. 

Grand Ledge, Mich. 



916 Edgar L. Stocking and Mary E. Barnes had: 

(1557) Alfred William, b. January 16, 1882. unm. A music teacher. 

Res. Buffalo, N. Y. 

(1558) Edgar Loomis, Jr., b. March 20, 1884. d. July 30, 1884. 

Edgar L. was b. at Reynold's Basin, N. Y. In 1862 he went to War- 
rington, Ont., where he engaged in lumbering. In 1873 he was a lumber 
inspector at Buffalo. At his brother's death, in 1875, he spent a short 
time in Erie, Pa., adjusting his brother's affairs, and returning to Buffalo, 
he took charge of the lumber yard of Haines & Co., a position which he 
still retains. Mary E. was b. in Tonawanda, N. Y. 



951 Charles H. Stocking and Mary L. Slaton had: 

(1559) E. E., b. February 19, 1864. m. Harriett Anna Stammand. 

(1560) Dr. Charles H., b. July 19, 1874. m. September 11, 1894, Mina 

A. Woodside. 



958 Henry Francis Stocking and Anna G. Pepper had: 

(1561) Raymond F., b. January 7, 1873. m. EUeta Elmer. 

(1562) Nellie Mable, b. September 22, 1875. m. Herbert R. Fitch. 

Res. San Diego, Cali. 

(1563) Clyde Henry, b. September 2, 1878. m. Ella Gray. 

Henry F. is a real estate dealer in Coronado, Cal. 




REV. CHARLES HENDRICKSON STOCKING, D. D. 



The Stocking Ancestry 143 

961 Maggie Stocking and John H. Jones had: 

(1563A) Frank, b. October, 1887. 
(1563B) Bessie, b. 1888. 
(1563c) Clyde, b. 1890. 

Res. Atlanta, Mo. 



963 George Scott Stocking and Carrie L. Palmer had no 
children. 

She was an accomplished educator, and was the sister of the wife of the 
Hon. A. W. Jones, lieutenant governor of Ohio. In 1865 they rem. to 
Missouri, where he became a preacher of the Missouri Annual Conference 
of the M. E. Church. After twenty years of faithful and successful ser- 
vice he returned to Ohio, ministering there until his death, 1893. Wife 
Carrie L. d. 1894. 



964 Rev. Dr. Charles Hendrickson Stocking and Adella 
Madora Wilkins had: 

(1564) David Wilkins, b. June 6, 1871. m. July 24, 1901, Ada A. 

Harvey. 

(1565) Dr. Lyman C, b. October 16, 1872. Res. St. Louis, Mo. 

(1566) Jesse Elizabeth, b. June 3, 1876. d. October 16, 1892. 

(1567) Edward Dallas, b. September 14, 1880. d. November 4, 1892. 

(1568) Ruth Jennings, b. March 31, 1887. 

(1569) Thomas George, b. September 25, 1892. d. November 3, 1892. 

(1570) Bessie Esther, b. August 14, 1894. 

The Rev. Dr. Chas. H. was b. in Hambden, 0. He early developed a 
rare musical taste and facility, and under skillful professors of repute, he 
turned his talents to such practical use that he paid, for the most part, the 
cost of his literary and academic education. At seventeen years of age, 
he was teaching in Kirtland, 0., and a year later, while a student in the 
Willoughby Institute, he was called to the ministry of the M. E. Church. 
Two years later he enlisted in Co. E Ohio Infantry for three years, or the 
war; was wounded at the battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8, 1862, and 
after four months of suffering in hospital, was honorably discharged on 
account of physical disability. In December, 1864, he entered the sopho- 
more class of Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., where he took the " Hunter 
Prize" for the best essay, and the "Painter Prize" for best declamation; 



144 The Stocking Ancestry 



was graduated in June, 1866, entered the Garrett Biblical Institute at 
Evanston, 111., and received the degree of B. D. in October, 1868. 

His first charge as settled pastor was at Marysville, Mo., and his subse- 
quent pastorates have been successively at St. Joseph, Mo., Chillicothe, 
Mo., East Cleveland, Massillon, Wooster, Gallion, and Elyria, O. ; Bur- 
lington, la., Duluth, Minn., St. Joseph, and St. Louis, Mo., and Youngs- 
town, O. The honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on 
him. May 8, 1890, by the trustees of Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, 111. 

Dr. Stocking has utilized his musical gifts and culture for the benefit of 
the work of religion all over the country. In 1882 he associated himself 
with the Revs. George L. Hanawalt, Thos. C. Warner, and L. N. Baker, 
in the organization of the "North Ohio Conference Quartette," which has 
sung to thousands upon thousands, and with remarkable effect at the 
Lakeside, Lancaster, Baltimore, and Ocean Grove (N. J.) camp-meetings; 
at the Epworth League, Chattanooga, Tenn., at Armory Hall in Philadel- 
phia, and at the dedication services of the Belmont Ave. Church, Youngs- 
town, O. On the death of Dr. Warner, his place was filled by the first bass 
of the Missouri Conference. 

Dr. Stocking is an enthusiastic member of the G. A. R., and has served 
as an active and laborious chaplain to the various posts at which his minis- 
terial duties have called him. A self-made man, gifted beyond most of 
his brethren with those forces and graces which, when rightly utilized, 
make a man a controlling power in any community, he has made a record 
for citizenship, patriotism, and religion that will not be forgotten. 

Wife, Adelia Madora, was m. to Dr. Stocking at Belvidere, 111., when 
scarcely eighteen years of age, and her record is that of a devoted, self- 
sacrificing and loving wife and mother. 

Son David W. graduated from the high school at Duluth in June, 1891 ; 
served in the Spanish War, and is now a vessel broker in Duluth. 

Son Lyman C. graduated from the same school in 1892; from Ham- 
lins University, St. Paul, in 1896, and from the Philadelphia Medical Col- 
lege in 1899, and is now a practicing physician in St. Louis, Mo. 

Rev. Dr. Chas. H. is now pastor of the M. E. Church in Ashtabula, O. 



965 John Wesley Stocking and Emma S. Pinney had no 
children. 

They res. on Willoughby Ridge, O., in the old homestead where Emma 
d. John W. was a farmer, and a devoted and helpful member of the 
M. E. Church. He d. January 16, 1899, leaving his property to an adopted 
son. 



The Stocking Ancestry 145 

969 George William Stocking and Emeline Ludlow 
Petersen had: 

(1571) Alice Elizabeth, b. . m. Chas. A. Meritt. 

(1572) Fannie Hurd, b. . m. Augustus W. Albright. 

(1573) Carrie Eliza, b. . m. Wm. B. Fair. 

(1574) Carl Ludlow, b. . m. August 31, 1901, Maria Louise Baker. 

George Wm. was b. in Hambden, O., August 6, 1835. At the breaking 
out of the Civil War, he enlisted as a private in Co. G, 41st Regt. O. V. L, 
and after four years and two months of faithful service, he was mustered 
out at Camp Chase, Ohio. It is worthy of remark that of the loi original 
members, he was one of only eight left in the company at the mustering 
out. Sergeant Stocking's name appears on the Honor Roll of the Army 
of the Cumberland, in accordance with the orders of Gen. Rosecranz after 
the battle of Murfreesboro. Later on, at the siege of Chattanooga, Ser- 
geant Stocking was selected as one of a picked force for the capture of 
Brown's Ferry, by which successful movement reinforcements and rations 
were sent to a besieged and starving army. During the last nine months 
of his service, he was the special messenger of Major General George H. 
Thomas. 

In the winter of '65 and '66, George W. rem. his family to Atlanta, Ga., 
where he engaged in mercantile business and railroading for several years, 
the latter being his almost constant business until 1898, when he was 
appointed cashier of the U. S. Customs at the port of Mobile, Ala. He 
had previously held for some time the office of Registrar for the 35th 
Senatorial District of Georgia during the period of reconstruction. 

Wife Emeline S. is the dau. of John and Elizabeth Petersen, formerly of 
St. John's, New Brunswick, and a direct lineal descendant of the historic 
Ludlows of Scotland. Present res. Mobile, Ala. 



970 Lucia A. Stocking and Judge C. R. Lord had: 

(1575) WiUiam. 

(1576) George. 

(1577) Charles. 

(1578) Hattie. 

(1579) Bertha. 

Res. Berkeley, Cal. 



146 The Stocking Ancestry 

972 Maria Jeanette Stocking and Dr. Denius Trum- 
bull had: 

(1580) Charles A., b. November 27, 1848. m. December 25, 1879, 

Susan Amerman. He d. February 2, 1880, Riverton, Neb. 

(1581) Emily H., b. February 22, 1851. m. August 24, 1885, Rufus 

Galyean. Res. Waterloo, la. 

(1582) Susan C, b. December 25, 1855. m. March 18, 1884, Alvin W. 

Dillon. He d. October 23, 1890. 

(1583) Addie M., b. October 6, 1867. m. April 27, 1891, Frank BulHs. 

Res. Colorado Springs, Colo. 

Residence rem. from Illinois to Manchester, la., in 1855; thence to 
Colorado Springs in 1896, where Dr. Trumbull d. December 3, 1899. 



973 George Eber Stocking and Emily Roberts had: 

(1584) Fred. C, b. May 27, i860, d. 1883, at Manchester, la. unm. 

(1585) Calista, b. February 10, 1863. m. . 

(1586) George N., b. March 16, 1865. m. February 24, 1892, Mrs. 

Mattie (Stewart) Crocker. 

George Eber m. 2d Jennie Z. Martin, of Greely, 
la., Nov. 10, 1872, they had: 

(1587) Albert Chester, b. July 20, 1875. m. May 29, 1901, Alice M. 

Hill. Res. Sunrise, Wyo. 

(1588) Nettie May, b. May 23, 1880. Res. New Windsor, Colo. A 

musician. 

(1589) Charlie Clark, b. September 22, 1883. 

George Eber was b. in Bemis Co., Mich., March 7, 1832, and d. at Wind- 
sor, Colo., February 7, 1899. When he was quite young, his parents rem. 
to the Western Reserve, O., where his father d. His widowed mother 
married again, and George E. rem. to Adams Co., Mo. In 1881 he rem. to 
Fort Collins, Colo., and later to Windsor, Colo., where he was city mar- 
shal. He was accidentally shot by a neighbor who was examining a shot- 
gun in a hardware store preparatory to a hunt, not knowing that the gun 
was loaded. George E. received the contents of the barrel in his shoulder, 
severing the artery, and shattering the shoulder blade, from which inju- 
ries the unfortunate man died the same day. His widow now keeps the 
American Hotel at New Windsor, Colo. 



The Stocking Ancestry 147 

983 Maria Curtiss Stocking and Miles Isaac Bull had: 

(1590) Alice Gardner, b. April 14, 1864. m. June 2, 1886, Howard M. 

Millard. 

(1591) Julia Bidwell, b. February 22, 1868. ni. June 4, 1891, John 

Edward Gubb. 

(1592) Edward Carrington, b. March 12, 1871. m. October 19, 1898, 

Nancy Warren. 

(1593) Helen Miles, b. June 11, 1872. m. September 5, 1894, Louis A. 

Prentice. 
Res. Batavia, N. Y. 



984 Joseph A. Stocking and Jennette Mathson had: 

(1594) Thomas M., b. March 15, 1866. m. January 10, 1888, Mary 

Ellen Ott. 

(1595) George B., b. November 6, 1867. Buffalo. 

(1596) Robbins D., b. November 24, 1869. 

(1597) Joseph A., Jr., b. April 26, 1873. Buffalo. 

(1598) Louisa, b. November 21, 1883. d. young. 

Joseph A. was b. in Buffalo; served in the U. S. Navy during the Civil 
War, 1862-65. Jennette was from Aurora, N. Y. 



999 Sophia Stocking and Dr. Blodgett had: 

(1599) George. 

(1600) Spencer. 

(1601) Grace. 

Res. Cooperstown, N. Y. 



1002 Samuel Stocking and AlHne N. Williams had: 

(1602) AUine N., b. September 14, 1872. m. January 29, 1895, Chas, 

Sumner Clark. 

(1603) Catherine Mary, b. June 25, 1874. unm. Res. Atlanta, Ga. 

(1604) Samuel, b. December 29, 1876. unm. Res. New York City. 



148 The Stocking Ancestry 

Samuel was graduated from the Cooperstown, N. Y., Collegiate Insti- 
tute. Served in the Civil War, 1861, as first lieutenant Co. A, 14th N. Y. 
State Volunteers; promoted to first lieutenant commanding Co. H, 25th 
Regt. N. Y. State Volunteers; mustered out in the fall of 1863; pay- 
master of Military Railroad at Nashville, Tenn., 1864 and '65; teller of 
Georgia (Atlanta) National Bank for seven and a half years; assistant 
cashier of Merchants' Bank; is now treasurer of the Atlanta Cotton Mills. 



10 1 1 William Morrison Stocking and Hannah Fair- 

grieves had: 

(1605) Wilham, ) . , 

^ ■^^ >• twms. d. yoimg. 

(1606) Roderick, ) 

(1607) William, d. young. 

(1608) Roderick, d. young. 

William M. was a Sandy Hook pilot. He d. 1868. Hannah was from 
New York City. 

1012 Jeanette Shephard Stocking and Revilo C. Hub- 

bard had: 

(1609) Harriet Maria, b. May i, 1856. m. George L. Peck. 

(1610) Revilo Wilson, b. April 30, 1861. unm. 

Jeanette d. December 16, 1863. Res. Meriden, Conn. 



1014 Roderick Michael Stocking and Harriet Bright- 
man had: 

(161 1 ) Roderick Edward Anthony, b. . m. Carrie Simms. 

Ticket agent, Providence, R. I. 

Roderick d. January 2, 1868. Harriet was from Fall River, Mass. 



102 1 J. Emily Stocking and Rev. Alfred T. Water- 
man had: 

(161 2) Charlotte Hutchins, b. November 25, 1866. 

(16 1 3) Jason, b. December 3, 1868. m. August 5, 1897, Maud Evelyn 

Holly, Paducah, Ky. 



The Stocking Ancestry 149 

(1614) William Stocking, b. October 8, 1871. 

(1615) Fanny Fitch, b. December i, 1875. 

(1616) Caroline Darrow, b. May 18, 1882. 

(161 7) Storrs Seymour, b. August 2, 1884. 

Rev. Alfred was b. December 12, 1832, in Providence, R. I.; graduated 
from Yale College, 1855; Princeton Theological Seminary, i860; ordained 
at Preston, Conn., November 9, 1864; preached in Middletown, Conn., and 
Michigan. Wife, J. Emily Stocking, was educated at Mt. Holyoke (Mass.) 
Seminary, and at the State Normal School in Westfield, where she gradu- 
ated in 1862. Res. Washington, D. C. 



1022 Rev. William Redfield Stocking, Jr., and Hattie 
E. Lyman, of Southampton, Mass., had no 
children. She d. Sept. 19, 1872, in Hassan, 
Turkey, while on a missionary tour, and William 
m. 2d, October 28, 1873, Isabella C. Baker, 
dau. of Emanuel and Sophia (Parsons) Baker, 
of Wiscasset, Me., they had: 

1618) Emily Holmes, b. July 18, 1875, in Persia. 

1619) Sophia Cochran, b. July 18, 1875, in Persia. 

1620) Lyman Gilbert, b. December 9, 1876. d. 1887. 

162 1 ) Ethel, b. February 7, 1878, in Persia. 

1622) Annie Woodman, b. January 7, 1880, in Wiscasset, Me. 

1623) William Redfield, 3d, b. May 7, 1881, in Wiscasset, Me. 

1624) Samuel Baker, b. November 7, 1883, in Williamstown, Mass. 

1625) Charles Parsons, b. November 9, 1887, on Blackwell's Island, 

N. Y. 
(1626) Isabelle Caroline, b. January 31, 1889. d. 1890. 

Rev. William served for three years in the Civil War, Co. G, 34th Regt. 
Mass. Infantry; graduated from Williams College, 1869; ordained June 
19, 1 87 1, and served as missionary in Persia seven years; pastor in Williams- 
town, Mass., 1882-85; superintendent of Blackwell's Island Work-house, 
1886-91. Wife Isabella d. August 17, 1890. Rev. William res. WilHams- 
town, Mass. 



^5° The Stocking Ancestry 

1023 Harriet Stoddard Stocking and Rev. Rodney L. 
Tabor had: 

(1627) Edward Roberts, b. July 4, 1873. m. June 9, 1896, Lina Beck. 

(1628) Alice Bradley, b. November 21, 1876. 

(1629) William Rodney, b. January 7, 1882. 

(1630) Hattie Stocking, b. November 15, 1883. 

Harriet Stoddard Stocking was educated at the Massachusetts State 
Normal School in Westfield. Rev. Rodney Tabor was b. in Quincy Mass 
September 21, 1846; graduated from Williams College, and Union Theo- 
logical Seminary; ordained 1872; officiated in West Hartford 1872-4 
and m Alameda, Cal., until his death, December 22, i88c. His widow 
res. there. 



1024 Ezra G. Stocking and Harriet E. Grinnell had: 

(1631) Henry Stoddard, b. October 10, 1872. d. December 1874 

(1632) Harry Louis, b. November i, 1873, in Norfolk, Conn. m. April 

24, 1895, Susan J. Ford, of Winsted, Conn. 

(1633) Hattie Hayward, b. June 7, 1876. m. Dudley. 

Wife Harriet d. August 24, 1879, and Ezra m. 2d, 
March 15. 1880, Kate MacMahon, they had: 
Edmund Brown, b. July 10, 1881, in Norfolk, Conn. 

Ezra G. was a teacher. He d. in Williamstown, Mass., November 7 
1882. Harriet d. in Norfolk, Conn. 2d wife Kate, b. May 18, 1863, was 
dau. of Thomas and Katherine MacMahon, of New Hartford Conn 



1025 Frederick McKee Stocking and Lucinda L. Lines 
had: 



(1634) 

(1635) 
(1636) 

(1637) 
(1638) 

(1639) 



The Stocking Ancestry 151 

(1640) 

(1641) 
(1642) 

Res. San Francisco, where Fred. McKee is a journalist. 



1026 Francis McKee Stocking and Ann Eliza James had: 

(1643) Fred W., b. October 4, 1863. m. October 9, 1890, Alma Man- 

ning. 

(1644) George C, b. August 13, 1865. m. April 9, 1891, Jessie Man- 

ning. 

(1645) Harry Francis, b. September 16, 1868. d. April 13, 1885. 

Francis res. at Chehalis Point, Gray's Harbor, at Satsop and Olympia, 
Wash., where he d. December 31, 1869. He was a carpenter at Portland, 
Conn.; rem. to California in 1853, engaged in mining until 1858, when he 
rem. to Portland, Ore. There he and his brother built a steamer, of which 
he was the master, plying between Portland and Gray's Harbor, where 
they founded the first white settlement. He rem. to Olympia in 1866. 
He d. December 31, 1869. 



1028B John Lyman Stocking and OpheHa Lawrence 
had: 

(1645A) William L., b. November 13, 1855. m. October 21, 1880, 
Mattie A. Bryant; m. 2d, July i, 1897, Grace Margaret 
Wittich. 

(1645B) Ella Lawrence, b. April 29, 1853. Res. Independence, Mo. 

John L. was b. at Perry, N. Y., and d. at Collinsville, 111., October 21, 
1863. His widow res. at Independence, Mo. 



1035 ^^' Leonard E. Stocking and Helen Whiteman 
had: 

(1646) Helen Maude, b. April 11, 1884. 

Dr. Leonard E. was b. in New York State; graduated from Michigan 
University, Ann Arbor, taking the degree of Ph. B.; graduated as M. D. 



152 The Stocking Ancestry 

from St. Louis Medical College; served for twelve years as physician in 
Hospital for the Insane in Southern Illinois; physician in charge of One- 
onta Sanitarium, San Diego, Cal., four years; senior physician nine years 
in Agnew's State Hospital for the Insane, and now medical superintendent 
of that institution. Wife Helen is the dau. of Jacob Whiteman, Esq., a 
lawyer of Illinois. 



1037 Charles Adelbert Stocking and Hattie E. Hun- 
ter had: 

(1647) Hattie Hunter, b. 1847. d. young. 

Wife Hattie d. in 1847, and Chas. A. m. 2d Sallie 
St. Clair Brickey, they had: 

(1648) Adlebert Eugene, b. May 16, 1879. m. Anna L. Stallman. 

(1649) May St. Clair, b. August 23, 1881. Student in Fayette College, 

Missouri. 

(1650) CorneHa Brickey, b. June 23, 1887. Student in Fayette Col- 

lege, Missouri. 

Chas. A. was b. near Turin, N. Y. ; rem. West, was educated in the pub- 
lic schools and at Bellevue (Mo.) Collegiate Institute; taught in public 
schools several years; was employed by the Grover & Baker Machine Co., 
and other firms, then became a farmer, eventually leasing a tract of 7,500 
acres of mining and agricultural lands owned by Chas. Moran, of New 
York City, and located in Washington and Jefferson Co., Mo. He then 
engaged extensively in mining, smelting, stock raising, and farming, and 
dealing in agricultural machinery. He now resides at Richwoods, Mo., 
and is the largest holder of farm lands in the Southeast. 



1038 Henrietta Laura Stocking and Charles Mcln- 
tire had: 



(1651) Elmer. 

(1652) Mabel. 

(1653) Nellie. 

(1654) Olhe. 

(1655) Claude. 

(1656) Earl. 

(1657) Mamie. 

(1658) Ethel. 



The Stocking Ancestry 153 

1 04 1 Harriet N. Stocking and Henry E. Lathrop had: 

(1659) Lucy, b. October i, 1861. unm. 

(1660) Rev. William G., b. July 27, 1865. m. June 16, 1891, Helen 

Spier. 

(1661) Frederick E., b. July 16, 1869. d. young. 

(1662) Helen L., b. February 4, 1870. 

Res. Providence, R. I. 



1042 Gilbert Miles Stocking 

was graduated at Yale University in 1861, ranking sixth in a class of ninety- 
seven; was prize man, "exceedingly apt to learn and to teach, extensively 
read in general literature, and highly esteemed for personal character and 
scholarly attainments. Taught school in Lynn, and at the Hopkins 
School, New Haven; served in the Civil War, 20th Regt. Conn. Vol.; was 
at the capture of Atlanta, and d. at the Jefferson Hospital Barracks, 
St. Louis, January 24, 1865. 



1043 William Stocking and Elizabeth Lyman had: 

(1663) Elizabeth Lyman, b. September 8, 1870. unm. 

(1664) Margaret, b. December 6, 1871. m. August 3, 1896, Edward 

Van Fleet, who d. April 29, 1898. 

(1665) Frederick Newell, b. August 22, 1875. unm. 

Wilham was b. in Waterbury, Conn. ; was graduated from Yale Univer- 
sity in 1865 ; took a post-graduate course there; was a bank clerk for three 
years, then devoted himself to journalism. He was editor of the ^loxt- 
iord {Conn.) Evening Press; sub-editor Post and Morning Courant; man- 
aging editor Detroit (Mich.) Post; legislative correspondent at Lansing, 
Mich., and Washington, D. C. ; editor-in-chief of the Detroit Tribune. 
He has published "Under the Oaks," and "The History of Ancient 
Detroit." He served in the Civil War as private, Co. F, 60th Mass. Vol., 
July to November, 1864. He res in Detroit, and divides his time between 
editorial work and real estate interests. 

Elizabeth is the dau. of Normand and Elizabeth (Walker) Lyman, b. 
in Hartford, Conn., January 5, 1843. She is an artist of established 
reputation. 



154 The Stocking Ancestry 

1045 Charlotte Coe Stocking and Henry D. Pierce had: 

(1665A) Nellie, b. October 31, 1867. d. July 11, 1869. 

(1666) Frank Henry, b. February i, 187 1. m. February 22, 1892, 

Carrie Bishop. 

(1667) Mabel Charlotte, b. August 29, 1875. d. young. 

Charlotte Coe was b. in Waterbury, Conn.; rem. to Alliance, O., and 
thence to Hiram, O., where she d. March 16, 1893. 



1047 Emma Orill Stocking and Henry A. Weir had: 

(1668) JuHa Emma, b. June 12, 1874. m. September 4, 1895, George 

Heidman. 

(1669) Mary Louise, b. October 20, 1877. 

(1670) John Samuel, b. November 24, 1880. d. young. 

Res. Cuyahoga Falls, O., where Emma O. d. August 31, 1891. 



1048 Frank Lewis Stocking and Hattie L. Smith had: 

(1671) Charles Samuel, b. May 8, 1879. Res. Manila, P. I. 

(1672) Hattie Frost, b. September 16, 1880. 

(1673) Mary Lucy, b. July 20, 1882. d. December 10, 1886. 

(1674) Grace Hudson, b. May 8, 1886. 

(1675) Louise, b. December 23, 1896. 

Frank Lewis rem. to Jacksonville, Fla., thence to Denver, Colo., and 
now res. in Tacoma, Wash., where he was for nine years assistant post- 
master. He was appointed August, 1899, Director General of Posts for 
the Philippine Islands, which position he was compelled to resign in 1901, 
on account of ill health. 



1050 Henry Moore Stocking and Ellen A. Mallory had: 

(1676) Louis Henry, b. November 8, 1864. m. October, 1885, Mamie 
Reid. 

Henry M. was a bookkeeper, and a prominent Odd Fellow. Served as 
sergeant in the 23d Regt. Conn. Vol. during the Civil War, and d. March 
20, 1892. Res. Waterbury, Conn. 



The Stocking Ancestry 155 

1 05 1 George Anson Stocking and Annie Dearth had: 

(1677) Herbert Anson, b. February 26, 1870. m. Martha Williams. 

Two children. 

(1678) William Raymond, b. April 9, 1872. 

(1679) Ruth Marshall, b. 1873. Res. Wallingford. 

Res. Waterbur}'', Seymour, and Glastonbury, Conn. Now res. in 
Glastonbury. 



1052 Charles L. Stocking and Lenora Ross had no 
children. 

He was b. in Waterbury, Conn., and res. there, in Clarinda, la., and 
Rome, N. Y. Captain of Co. A, 2d Regt. Conn. Vol. 



1064 Edwin Coe Stocking and Bell S. Crawford had: 

(1680) Edna Bell, b. September 24, 1882. 

(1681) Le Roy, b. August 21, 1885. 

Res. Mentor, O. 



1067 Leila Bell Stocking and Lewis G. Call had: 

(1682) Ralph Lee, b. March 9, 1893. 

(1683) Edward Roy, b. September 3, 1894. d. young. 

(1684) Jessie J., b. August 17, 1896. 

(1685) Ada Elizabeth, b. December 14, 1898. 

Lewis G. is in the fruit and packing business, Santa Cruz, Cal. 



1068 Anna Goodell Stocking and Frank L. Call had: 

(1686) Clyde Chfford, b. January 19, 1892. 

(1687) Ethel May, b. May 17, 1899. 

Frank S. is in the fruit and packing business, Santa Cruz, Cal, 



156 The Stocking Ancestry 

1069 Herbert Norton Stocking and Jennie White had: 
(1688) 



108 1 Adelaide Edwards Stocking and Dr. Edgar M. 
Beckley had: 

( I 688a) Florence Daisy, b. June 2, 1880. 

(i688b) Adelaide Mary, b. December 31, 1881. 

(1688c) Kate Louisa, b. July 15, 1884. 

(i688d) Helen Hughes, b. August i, 1894. 

(i688e) Eddie Stocking, b. January 19, 1900. 



1088 Charles F. Stocking and Sarah E. Wickham had: 

(1689) Nettie, b. November, 1876. d. young. 

(1690) Adaline, b. April, 1879. m. April 16, 1900, Winifred Robson. 

Charles F. was b. at Olmstead, 0., and d. at Bowling Green, 0., April 14, 
1898. He was a stationary engineer. 



1091 Jos. Chester Stocking and Lydia A. Bradbrook had: 

(1691) Ernest J., b. June 8, 1877. m. September 20, 1896, Minnie 

Clark. 

(1692) Ethel, b. June 24, 1879. 

(1693) Myrll, b. August 16, 1884. 

Joseph C. was a farmer. Sold out and rem. to Grand Rapids, 0., in 
1883; worked at the carpenter's trade for some time, then went into the 
grocery business, and at his death was in the department store of W. L. 
Milliner & Co., Toledo, O. 



1092 Willis Marshall Stocking and Emma O. Rochty 
had: 

(1694) Perry Lyman, b. April 24, 1887. 

Willis M. was b. at Dover, 0. ; now res. in Toledo. Was a farmer, but 
now motorman on the Toledo R. R. and Light Co. 



The Stocking Ancestry 157 

1095 Julia Adelaide Stocking and Chas. A. Gould had: 

(1695) Henry Colton, b. November 22, 1869. m. August 27, 1890, 

Lillian Augusta Rockwell. He d. December 16, 1892. 

(1696) Charles Moulton, b. September 7, 1873. m. September 30, 1896, 

Lillie Bell, Bayside, L. I. 

(1697) William Stocking, b. September 4, 1875. m. April 20, 1898, 

Ethel Blanche Sanders. 

(1698) Celia Adelaide, b. October 21, 1877. m. February 8, 1899, 

George C. Milne. 

Chas. A. Gould was b. in Batavia, N. Y., where he prepared for college, 
but business reverses of his father throwing him on his own resources, he 
rem. to Buffalo in 1869, became successively deputy postmaster, collector 
of customs, and manufacturer of iron and steel forgings. He organized 
the Gould (Railway) Coupler Co., the Gould Steel Co., of Anderson, Ind., 
and the Buffalo Investment Co. He is a member of the New York, Larch- 
mont and Atlantic Yacht Clubs, commodore of the American Yacht Club, 
and a member of the Union League, Lawyers, and numerous other New 
York clubs; also of the Buffalo and Ellicott Clubs of Buffalo, the Chicago 
Club, and the Manufacturers' Club of Philadelphia. Res. in New York 
City, and has a summer home in Rye, N. Y. 



1104 Adelbert Stocking and Kate Phelps had: 

(1699) Charles Roy, b. September 10, 1876. d. August 31, 1879. 

(1700) Edith Eleanor, b. May 22, 1888. 

Adelbert was for fifteen years telegraph operator at Rolling Prairie, 
Wis. After his father's death, he, with his brother Ellworth, owned and 
occupied the paternal estate. In 1896 he rem. to Milwaukee, where he 
is in the insurance business. 



1 105 Frank Melville Stocking and Lillian A. Safford had: 

(1701) George Melville, b. August 14, 1879. m. October 10, 1900, 

Georgia Bell Silverthorn. 

(1702) Adelbert Merle, b. June 29, 1881. 

(1703) Euphanie Belle, b. October 28, 1885. 



158 The Stocking Ancestry 

(1704) Ralph Hudson, b. December ig, 1887. 

(1705) Eliza lone, b. July 4, 1890. d. June 15, 1892. ^ 

(1706) Ellsworth Bert, b. May 7, 1893. d. April 27, 1901. 

(1707) Alice Ruth, b. May 28, 1895. 

Frank M. has a large and valuable fruit farm near Berlin, Wis., finely 
located, and exceptionally thrifty. 



1 106 Ellsworth Stocking and Dora D. Rich had: 

(1708) Marguerite Irene, b. December 25, 1897. 

(1709) Esther May, b. June, 1899. 

Ellsworth was a farmer near Rush Lake, Wis. Rem. to Oshkosh, Wis., 
where he now resides. 



1 1 17 AHce Stocking and J. S. Carson had: 

(1710) Edward, b. 1886. 

Res. Bozeman, Gallatin Co., Montana. 



1 1 18 Albert Stocking and Martha Snow had: 

(17 11) George, b. May 23, 18S8. 

(17 1 2) Walter, b. August i, 1890. 

(17 1 3) Ethel, b. January 11, 1895. 

Albert is a farmer. Res. Fulton, Cal. 



1 1 24 Mary Patty Stocking and John George Milburn had: 

(1714) John George, Jr., b. April 25, 1880. 

(17 1 5) Devereux, b. June 14, 1881. 

(17 16) Ralph, b. June 14, 1888. 

Mary Patty and her hospitable home in Buffalo, N. Y., were brought 
into enviable, though painful, publicity, since to her and to her husband 
fell the lot and privilege of caring for President McKinley when he was 
shot by the anarchistic assassin during the exposition. The President 
was their guest at the time. Mr. Milburn is a lawyer. 



The Stocking Ancestry 159 



1 125 Nellie M. Stocking and Thomas Hayes had: 

(1717) George Thomas. 



1 133 Eda A. Stocking and George W. Yeo had: 

(1717A) Bessie M., b. September ii, 1886. 

(1718) Elva M., b. December 6, 1888. 

(17 19) Alfred W., b. October 4, 1893. 

(1720) Alice L., b. November 28, 1896. 

(1721) Nellie L., b. August 24, 1899. 



1 1 34 Milton D. Stocking and Sara E. Holmes had: 

(1722) Myrtle H., b. May 16, 1895. 

(1723) Iva R., b. April 16, 1897. 

Milton D. is a farmer. 



1 135 Duane C. Stocking and Mary A. Smith had: 

(1724) Lewis C, b. January 28, 1887. 

(1725) Hazel E., b. August 4, 1889. 

(1726) Elsie, b. April 24, 1892. 

(1727) Spencer D., b. September 26, 1897. 

(1728) Pollie, b. April 30, 1901. 

Wife Mary d. April 30, 1901, and Duane m. 2d, January i, 1902, Nettie 
M. Yates. Is in the business of the New York Life Insurance Company. 
Res. Lindenwood, 111. 



1 136 Horace Stocking and Alma Weeks had: 

(1729) Dexter W., m. Esther Holmes. 

(1730) Elmer D., m. Zillah Holmes. 

Horace is a dealer in grain and agricultural implements in Lindenwood, 
111. 



i6o The Stocking Ancestry 

1 138 George E. Stocking and Ellen Stanton had: 

(1732) Elizabeth, b. September 15, 1889. 

(1733) Lydia L., b. December 3, 1891. 

(1734) Helene, b. October 18, 1897. 

George E. is in the banking business, Rochelle, 111. 



1 1 40 Joseph Ogylvie Stocking and Ellen De Neen had: 

(1735) George Erwin, b. March i, 1878. A millwright and electric 

constructor. 

(1736) Clifford Dwight, b. November 6, 1879. A shipwright. 

(1737) Edwin Logan, b. August 22, 1882. Manager of paper company. 

(1738) Pansy Ogylvie, b. April 6, 1884. 

(1739) Mary Ellen, b. November 19, 1885. 

Joseph 0. was b. in Tecumseh, Mich.; rem. 1857 to Dowagiac, where he 
attended the public schools. The state of his father's health compelled 
him to leave school at the early age of thirteen, and to assist in the main- 
tenance of the family. When a mere boy he became skilled in the use of 
carpenters' tools, and he has been a life-long builder. At twenty years of 
age he rem. from Michigan to Texas, and helped build the first railroad 
that entered the city of Austin. Three years later, he returned to Michi- 
gan, drifted over to Indiana, married an orphan and school teacher who 
had been partly raised by the Erwins, a Quaker family of Richmond, Ind., 
and the young couple began their married life on a tract of four hundred 
acres of swamp and marsh land, out of which they made, by ten years' 
hard and intelligent labor, an excellent farm for the owners. Ellen had a 
fine sense of humor, and when a polite clerk once asked her if he might not 
show her his fine assortment of children's stockings, she replied that she 
raised her own on the farm. In 1877-78 they rem. to San Diego, and 
thence to Escondido, Cal., and finally to Oakland, where they now reside, 
an unbroken and a happy family. 



1 141 Charles Henry Stocking and Ada Adella Sheldon 
had: 

(1740) C. Frank, b. August, 1879. 

(1741) WiUiam E., b. May, 1891. 

(1742) Oliver P., b. December, 1893. 



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Chas. Henry was b. in Almena, Mich. ; rem. in 1857 to Dowagiac, where 
he attended the pubUc schools, afterwards rem. to Benton Harbor, and in 
1887 to Cahfornia; thence to Michigan in 1895, and now res. in Mishawaka, 
Ind., with all his children. 



1 148 Ethel Stocking and Rev. William F. Parsons had: 

(1743) Paul Stephen, b. July 18, 1896. 

Res. Troy, N. Y. Rev. Mr. Parsons is an Episcopal clergyman. 



1 149 Mabel Stocking and Francis Wessels had: 

(1744) Theodore Francis, b. May 31, 1892. 

(1745) Mabel, b. July 22, 1893. 

(1746) Robert Daniel, b. July 27, 1895. 

(1747) Virginia, b. June 15, 1899. 

Res. Portland, Conn. Mr. Wessels d. July 12, 1902, and his widow and 
children live at the old homestead built by Eber Stocking after his return 
from the Revolutionary War. 



1 151 Mary Ann West and Nathaniel O. Cornwall had: 

(1748) Julia Ann, b. July 21, 186 1. d. young. 

(1749) Eloise Maria, b. June 9, 1862. 

(1750) Edward Everett, b. July 2, 1866. 

Nathaniel Cornwall, M. A., M. D., res. in Portland, Conn., and Buenos 
Ayres, South America. His son, Edward Everett, Ph. B., M. D., is a prac- 
ticing physician of repute in Brooklyn, N. Y., a careful student, and enthu- 
siastic genealogist, and a prominent member of the University and other 
clubs. He published the first pamphlet ever issued concerning the Stock- 
ing family. 



1 155 Mary Stocking and Joseph S. Marquis had: 

(1751) Frank H., b. June 5, 1868. m. September 14, 1892, Belle 

Adrian. 

(1752) Frederick S., b. September 29, 1873. 



i62 The Stocking Ancestry 

Mary is an artist of recognized merit, her specialty being china and 
porcelain decoration. She has been honored with appointments as head 
of the Art Departments of Wooster University, Ohio., and Lewis Academy, 
Wichita, Kan., both of which she declined. Mr. Marquis is in the piano 
business, Mansfield, O. His son Frank is assistant cashier of the Mans- 
field Savings Bank, and has children, Edith A., William T., and Joseph H. 
Son Frederick W. was graduated from the Law Department of the Ohio 
State University in 1900. Served in the Spanish War in Cuba, and is now 
Major 8th Regt. O. N. G. 



1 157 Sidney Davis Stocking and Hannah Maria Melville 
had: 

(1752A) Caroline Melville, b. 1858. d. young. 

(1752B) Harry Melville, b. January 11, i860, m. October 31, 1893, 

Ida Emily Vroom. 
(1752c) Amy Charlotte, b. December 18, 1862. m. October 7, 1886 

Alpheus C. Stocking. 
(1752D) Addie Amelia, b. September, 1864. d. young. 
(1752E) Nellie Melville, b. September, 1864. d. young. 



1 158 Charles Henry Stocking and Elizabeth F. King 
had: 

(1753) Charlotte EHzabeth, b. December i, 1861. m. Fred. M. 

Wheeler. 

(1754) Kate Andrews, b. August 29, 1863. d. July 12, 1902. 

(1755) James Frank, b. October 13, 1864. unm. 

(1756) Margerette. d. young. 

Res. Rhinebeck, N. Y., Washington, D. C, and now Montvale, N. J. 
Chas. H. is a certified public accountant in Pine St., New York City. 



1 159 William Alonzo Stocking and Serinda Delanoy had: 

(1757) Kate, b. August 2, 1864. 

(1758) Lizzie Cocks, b. April 6, 1866. m. April 29, 1896, Rev. Arthur 

H. Scudder. 



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(1759) Davis Delanoy, b. March 8, 1869. 

(1760) William Alonzo, Jr., b. May 13, 1872. m. June 27, 1900, Har- 

riet M. Bliss. 

(1761) Marvin Sidney, b. November 10, 1874. m. September 24, 1901, 

Elizabeth Pearl Cranston. 

(1762) James Magee, b, July 31, 1878. m. March 20, 1902, Miss Sophie 

Dorothy Clark. 

(1763) WiUiam Foskay, b. January 20, 1882. 

WilHam A. was b. in Winsted, Conn., and has res. in Sing Sing, N. Y., 
and Linnsbury, Conn. (Weatogue). He is a farmer. 



1 163 Jessie B. Stocking and William A. Barsenden had: 

(1764) Hazel M., b. March 7, 1886. 

(1765) Raymond S., b. September 16, 1890. 

(1766) WilHam A., Jr., b. May 9, 1892. 

(1767) Gladys P., b. March 27, 1898. 

Res. Sag Harbor, N. Y. 



1 169 Alpheus Charles Stocking and Amy C. Stocking 
had: 

(1768) Marjery Adelaide, b. September 20, 1888. 

(1769) Harvey Chase, b. January 22, 1891. 

(1770) Amy Gwendolyn, b. May 30, 1894. 

(1771) Willard Yates, b, August 12, 1901. 

Alpheus is on the editorial staff of the New York Commercial Adver- 
tiser. Amy is an artist. Res. Prohibition Park, Staten Island, N. Y. 



1 170 Davis Artemus Stocking and Mary Bourbridge had: 

(1772) George Artemus, b. 1882, in Brooklyn, N. Y. 

(1773) Walter Harvey, b. 1 891, in St. Louis, Mo. 

(1774) Helen Francis, b. 1892, in Chicago. 

(1775) Maude Ella, b. 1894, in Chicago. 

Davis A. is a consulting lawyer. Res. Chicago. 



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1 1 78 Ella Gertrude Stocking and Ray J. Case had: 

(1776) Helen R., b. . 

Res. removed from Dassel, Minn., to Starbuck, Minn., July, 1898, 
where Mr. Case has a thriving drug business in partnership with his brother- 
in-law, Louis B. Stocking. 

1 1 79 Frank D. Stocking and Ella F. Ives had: 

(1777) Warren Wilson, b. December 25, 1890. 

(1778) Amy Frances, b. June 2, 1893. 

Res. Glencoe, Minn., where Frank D. has for nine years been auditor of 
McLeod County. 

1 1 80 Eva Julia Stocking and Otto A. Kohler had: 

(1779) Karl Roth, b. May 9, 1892. 

(1780) Gretchen Josephine, b. November 16, 1893. 

Res. Hutchinson, Minn., where Mr. Kohler carries on the business of a 
department store. 



1 191 Stella Stocking and Ethan Allyn had: 

(1181) Leon. 

(1182) Louis. 

(1183) Clarence. 

(1184) Edna. 

Res. Rochester, N. Y., where Mr. Allyn is a large owner of real estate. 



1 1 94 Clifford A. Stocking and had: 

(1785) Clifford J. 

(1786) Edith M. 



1225 Halsey Moses Stocking and Ada Bell Dans had: 

(1787) Harold Dans, b. August 20, 1900 

(1788) Ralph Silsbee, b. November 20, 1901. d. young. 



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1226 Louis Daniel Stocking and Lucy E. Yale had: 
(1789) Kenneth Lyell, b. August 13, 1902. 



1227 Mara Rosalie Stocking and Charles C. Hunt had: 

(1790) George Cyrus, b. December 21, 1899. 

(1791) Leonard Loomis, b. November 24, 1901. 



1276 Sarah Cornelia Stocking and Fred J. Enderling 
had: 

(1792) 

(1793) 

(1794) Edward. Res. Prattsville, N. Y. 



1277 Jacob Stocking and Katherine Brandon had: 

(1795) Sylvester, m. Two sons and three daughters. Res. Bloom- 

field, Neb. 

(1796) Augusta, m. Two children. Deposit, N. Y. 

(1797) 

Res. Deposit, N. Y.; rem. to McClure, where Katherine d. and Jacob 
m, again. 

1278 George H. Stocking and Mary Barnum had: 

(1798) Arthur, m. Two daughters. Res. Grinnell, la. 

(1799) Sarah, m. Frank Orcutt, Tama, la. 



1279 Peter A. Stocking and Julia Needham Fox had: 
(1800) Lana. Res. California. 
Peter A. res. in Tracy, Cal., San Joaquin Co. Served three years in the 



Civil War. 



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1280 William Stocking and Mary Roberts had: 

(1801) Lana Olive, b. April 3, 1865. d. young. 

(1802) Cora Elizabeth, b. August 3, 1866. m. C. A. Reigle. 

(1803) Sylvester James, b. August 25, 1873. m. January 20, 1895, 

Flora Weaver. 

(1804) Sarah Annetta, b. March 22, 1883. 

William served three years in the Civil War. Res. Sterling, 111. 



1282 James J. Stocking and Emma Von Valkenburg had: 

(1805) Libbie v., b. August 3, 1870. d. November, 1888. 

(1806) Charlie, b. August 27, 1872. d. young. 

Res. Lexington, N. Y. Is a grocer and provision dealer. 



1 29 1 Maria S. Newcomb and Edward B. Taylor had: 

(1807) Nellie Bancroft, b. June 6, 1865. m. June 24, 1891, John M. 

Wright. Res. Detroit. 

(1808) Edith Newcomb, b. March 13, 1867. m. November 28, 1888, 

George D. Papson. Res. Washington, D. C. 

(1809) John Wright, b. August 4, 1871. m. June 27, 1800, May Car- 

penter. Lumber merchant, vestryman of Grace Church, 
prominent Free Mason, Port Huron, Mich. 

(1810) Edward Bancroft, b. May 10, 1873. m. February 11, 1902, 

Patricia Daney. Superintendent of the Detroit, Rochester, 
Romeo, Lake Orion & Flint Intersuburban Railway. 

(181 1) Paul Gilbert, b. April 10, 1875. 

Maria S. Newcomb was b. at Strykersville, N. Y. Edward B. Taylor 
served m the Civil War, lost his left arm at the elbow in the battle of Ball's 
Bluff; was the principal man in building the Chicago & Grand Trunk 
Railway, and its superintendent for nine years. Now adjutant of Soldiers- 
Home, Grand Rapids. 

1294 Harriet Ellen Stocking and Daniel Bower had: 

(181 2) Carrie Lucetta, b. March 12, 1863. 

(1813) Wells Stocking, b. April 25, 1867. 




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(1814) Ida May, b. June 30, 1870. 

(1815) Alva Milo, b. March 11, 1872. 

(1816) Bertha Angle, b. June 23, 1876. 

(1817) Jennie Alice, b. September 5, 1878. 

Res. Thompson, 0., and Bower, Neb. 



1295 George Wells Stocking 

was b. in Madison, O., and m. in Fairbury, Neb.; enlisted as private in 
Co. B, 29th Regt. Ohio Vol. Infantry; was with Sherman in his "march to 
the sea," and was honorably discharged, June 5, 1865. He is the manager 
of the Painesville (O.) Veneer Co. Res. Geneva, O. 



1296 Arthur Newell Stocking and Rose Knight had: 

(1818) Blanche, b. July 25, 1889. 

(1819) George Wells, b. June 15, 1890. 

(1820) Florence, b. October 18, 1892. 

Arthur Newell res. on the home farm in Madison, O., and also plies the 
craft of a carpenter. 



1297 Mavret Almeda Stocking and David H. West had 
no children. 

Mavret Almeda was b. in Burton, O. Her intellectual precocity was 
evidenced by the fact of her becoming a teacher at the age of fourteen, a 
profession which she followed for twelve years, with intermittent periods 
of study in seminary. She is a member of the Free Will Baptist Church, 
and a woman of wide and helpful influence, especially among young 
people. Her home is in Madison, O. 



1298 Albion Morrellis Stocking and Alice M. Leonard 
had no children. 

Albion Morrellis was b. in Madison, 0., and received a good education 
in the public schools and at Geauga Seminary. He served in the Civil War, 



1 68 The Stocking Ancestry 

Co. C, 177th Regt. Ohio Vol. Infantry. After a severe service he was sent 
to the hospital, Troy, N. Y., from which he was discharged in June, 1865. 
He subsequently taught school for two years, when he was associated with 
his father in the building and contracting business. At the time of his 
death he was post-master, justice of the peace, and superintendent of the 
Methodist Sunday school in Thompson, 0., where he d. November 22, 1893. 



1302 Abert Masa Stocking and Elmyra Hausch had: 

(1821) Milan Hausch, b. July 28, 1887. 

(1822) John Lee, b. March 24, 1890. 

Abert Masa was b. in Booneville, Ind., educated in the public and 
select schools, and at Madison Seminary. He worked with his father at 
the carpenter's trade; rem. to Rochester, Minn., and was clerk in his 
uncle's store, from which place he went to South Dakota, where he became 
one of the founders of the town of Huron, where he was a builder. Re- 
turning to Ohio, he carried on the same business in Painesville and Cleve- 
land, and is now a farmer near Footville, O. Elmyra is the dau. of John 
and Elizabeth (Quayle) Hausch, b. at Thompson, O. 



1303 Arthy Mayo Stocking and Rose E. Shepard had: 

(1823) Alice May, b. December 29, 1878. 

(1824) Roy William, b. November 6, 1881. Student at Hedding Col- 

lege, preparing for ministry of M. E. Church. 

(1825) Junia Pearl, b. October 28, 1890. d. young, 

(1826) Amer Mayo, b. March 11, 1895. 

(1827) Arthy Wallace, b. September 10, 1901. 

Arthy Mayo is a farmer; has res. in Madison, O., in Minnesota, and at 
Fife Lake, Mich. His present home is near Good Hope, 111. He is a man 
of fine character, and an active member of the M. E. Church. Rose E. is 
the dau. of Dr. Newton Shepard, b. January 29, 1858. 



1304 Rev. Amer Mills Stocking and Adelia L. Stickle 
had: 

(1828) Sarah Psyche, b. November 20, 1894. 




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Rev. Amer Mills was b. in Chester, O., educated in the public and select 
schools, at Madison Seminary, and at the National Normal University, 
Lebanon, O., from the classical department of which he graduated in 1884. 
He has taught in the public schools of Ohio, in the Western Normal Col- 
lege, Bushnell, 111., in Chaddock College, Quincy, 111., and in Hedding Col- 
lege, Abingdon, 111. In 1885 he joined the Central Illinois Conference of 
the M. E. Church, adding to his work as an educator that of pastor of the 
churches successively at Burnside, Good Hope, Wataga, Moline, Geneseo, 
Aledo, and Watseka. To his varied gifts and attainments he adds that of 
an author, having published a volume of graceful and clever poems, 
entitled, "Paraphrases and Bible Stories in Verse," and he is now engaged 
in the production of another book of poems to be entitled, "Verses for 
Children and Child Lovers." It may be said of him in truth that he is 
"in labors abundant," wielding a facile pen, a scholar of chaste culture, 
and characterized by a modesty that adorns his work with its crowning 
grace. He was recently appointed to the charge of the Hale Memorial 
M. E. Church in Peoria, 111. 

- Adelia L. is the dau. of Abram B. and Sarah (Metcalf) Stickle, b. 
September 23, 1864. She is a woman of beautiful character and varied 
accomplishments; a graduate of Macomb (111.) Normal School, and of 
Keokuk (la.) Medical College. 



1305 Chauncey Hopkins Talcott Stocking and Jessie 
Arthur had: 

(1829) William Arthur, b. May 16, 1882. Student at Case School, 

Cleveland, O. 

(1830) Mavret Elsie, b. September, 1888. 

(1831) Ahce Ehzabeth, b. January 25, 1894. 

Chauncey H. T. followed the carpenter's trade for several years, and in 
1882 rem. to Painesville, O., becoming a contractor in 1887, and the 
operator of a planing-mill, 1890-92. He is now secretary-treasurer and 
consulting manager of the Painesville Veneer Works, county commis- 
sioner, a member and trustee of the Congregational Church, and a director 
of the Y. M. C. Association, positions which evidence a lively interest in 
public and rehgious affairs, as well as the high esteem in which he is held 
by his fellow-citizens. 

Jessie is the dau. of William Arthur, b. July 25, 1857. 



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1306 Capt. William Wallace Stocking and Fannie Ben- 
jamin had: 

(1832) Benjamin, b. November 9, 1898. 

Capt. Wm. followed the carpenter's trade, working, like so many 
of his brothers, with his father. Removing to Painesville, he became 
foreman for his brother Chauncey, and later on, in partnership with 
John Austin, bought a saw-mill and lumber yard in Madison, where 
he carried on a very successful business. He subsequently entered the 
service of a Cleveland lumber firm, after which he went into the grocery 
business in Madison. He is now a boot and shoe merchant in Geneva, O., 
a member of the Congregational Church, township clerk, and a public- 
spirited citizen of unusual versatility in business affairs. He m. ist Evelyn 
P. Gill who d. January 16, 1889. 



1307 Chester Lee Stocking 

is a carpenter and stationary engineer, and lives near Macomb, 111. He is 
a member of the M. E. Church, and unmarried. 



1308 Angehne Stocking and Mortimer H. Ireland had: 

(1832A) James, b. , 1861. 

(1833) Charles, b. , 1866. 

(1834) George Bosworth, b. , 1869, 



1 3 TO Francis Asbury Stocking and Ella Adelaide Fro- 
man had: 

(1835) Frederick Asbury, b. February 3, 1874. m. June 14, 1894, Ann 
Daub. 



131 1 George Bosworth Stocking and Lulu Lathrop had: 

(1836) Maud Louise, b. September 19, 1873. 

(1837) Mark, b. May 24, 1878. d. young. 

(1838) Mary Bosworth, b. April 20, 1880. 



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Lulu d. February 13, 1883, and George B. m. 2d, 
June 3, 1887, Mary Elizabeth Pratt, they had: 

(1839) George Bosworth, Jr., b. May 14, 1888. 

(1840) Benjamin Pratt, b. December 22, 1889. 

George Bosworth was b. in Wesley ville, Erie Co., Pennsylvania. He 
was educated in the high school, Olmstead Co., Minnesota; was appren- 
ticed in 1869 to the watchmaker's trade, and in 1873 embarked in business 
for himself, continuing in it until the present time. In 1886 he rem. from 
Rochester to Faribault, Minn., and two years later to Tacoma, Wash., 
then a territory, living there until 1896, when he sold out his watch and 
jewelry business, and engaged in gold mining. He was one of the founders 
of the Gold Camp of Republic, Wash., to which township he rem. his 
family in 1899. He was chairman of the first board of school directors, is 
identified with numerous mining enterprises, is general manager of the 
Eureka Mercantile Co., an enthusiastic member of the Episcopal Church, 
and is a licensed lay reader in the same. 

His first wife was dau. of Junius and Louisa Lathrop, of Rochester, 
Minn. His second and present wife is the only dau. of Benjamin and 
Mary C. Pratt, b. at Leroy, N. Y., January 28, 1853. 



13 13 Alvin Clark Stocking and Mary Hollis had: 

(1841) Hattie, b. July 5, 1882. 

(1842) Elsie, b. September 10, 1884. 

(1843) Alda, b. October 10, 1886. 

Res. Evansville, Ind. 



1 3 14 Mary I. Stocking and John W. Rasure had: 

(1844) Effie, b. July 19, 1873. m. Thos. Watson, Evansville. 

(1845) Burt F., b. May i, 1875. 

(1846) Carl J., b. November 25, 1876. 

(1847) Shirley D., b. March 22, 1878. 
(1448) Jasper L., b. April 22, 1882. 

(1849) W. Frank, b. October 27, 1883. 

(1850) Bessie C, b. January 9, 1887. 

(1851) Monto A., b. July 28, 1890. 

(1852) Wm. Harrison, b. March 9, 1892. 



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1 3 16 Jasper Lewis Stocking and Alvena Gusta Weihe 
had: 

(1853) Lorena, b. October 21, 1895. 

Jasper L. was born and reared on a farm near Boonville, Ind. ; was 
educated in the public schools, licensed as a teacher at the age of eighteen, 
taught for seven years, and afterward graduated from the Indiana State 
Normal School. Since 1887 he has been engaged in compiling local his- 
tories in various States, having completed forty-six volumes of history and 
biography. During the greater part of this time he has resided in Evans- 
ville, Ind. Wife Alvena Gusta is the dau. of Henry and Caroline 
(Swartz) Weihe, b. in Newburg, Ind., October 14, 1866. They are both 
members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. 



131 7 Ella Stocking and Charles U. Rucker had: 

(1854) Stella, b. June 4, 1885. 

(1855) Eva, b. August 21, 1888. 

(1856) Gracie, b. December 11, 1891. 

(1857) Bertha, b. July 21, 1894. 

(1858) Dora, b. June 14, 1899. 

Res. Puxico, Mo. Mr. Rucker was b. in Warrick Co., Indiana, October 
9, 1862. 



13 18 Minnie Stocking and James Bohannon had: 

(1859) Almon K., b. February 3, 1890. 
(i860) Mabel W., b. September 17, 1894. 
(1861) Alice M., b. March 19, 1899. 

Res. Booneville, Ind., in which State Mr. Bohannon was b. January 
9, 1868. 



1320 Jabin Bion Stocking and Carrie Lucetta Bower 
had: 

(1862) Angeline May, b. May 10, 1881. 

(1863) Gertrude Lilian, b. September 30, 1883. 

Jabin Bion has res. in Madison, O., Bower, Neb., and now res. in Lan- 
sing, Mich. 



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1324 Horace Grant Stocking and Sarah Edna Long had: 

(1864) William Edward, b. May 19, 1894. 

(1865) Clyde Leonard, b. August 6, 1895. 

(1866) Glenn Clifford, b. November 19, 1896. d. young. 

(1867) Max Vernon, b. October 5, 1899. 

Horace Grant has taught school ; is at present a deputy for The Modern 
Woodmen of America. Res. Lakin, Kan. 



1326 Henry James Stocking, Jr., and Jennie R. Ward 
had: 

(1868) George Ward, b. June 13, 1888. A student. 

(1869) William Kenneth, b. October 4, 1894. A student. 

Henry James was b. in Worcester, Mass., July 9, 1852. His father 
having d. in 1854, he was sent to his uncle, Terry Stocking, a locomotive 
engineer in Vermont. When eight years old he was sent West to live with 
another uncle, H. P. Bennett, of St. Cloud, Minn. When thirteen years 
old, he began to make his own way in the world, and at an early age 
became a locomotive engineer on the Northwestern system, serving sev- 
eral years in that capacity, and has been in the passenger department for 
the past twenty years. He is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomo- 
tive Engineers, and a Free and Accepted Mason of high degree. Jennie R. 
was from Grand Rapids, Wis. Res. St. Paul, Minn. 



1 33 1 Walter Stocking and AmeHa A. Kirby had: 

(1870) Kirby Stocking, d. young. 

Res. Amenia, N. Y. Amelia was b. October 19, 1836, and d. July 11, 
1866. Walter was from Pine Plains, N. Y. 



1336 Frank B. Stocking and Louisa Hosier had: 

(1871) Minnie P., b. July 8, 1878. 

(1872) Fred. R., b. September 16, 1880. 



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(1873) Mary J., b. April 2, 1892. 

(1874) Nellie G., b. August 15, 1896. 

(1875) Alice M., b. November 19, 1899. 

Frank B. res. at Fishkill Landing, N. Y., and is trainman on the N. Y. 
& N. Haven R. R. 



1330 Charles M. Stocking and Myra L. Hinkley had: 

(1876) Homer, b. June 26, 1876. m. February 19, 1898, Grayce E. 

Knight. 

(1877) Florence E., b. July 12, 1882. 

(1878) Grace G., b. January 25, 1886. 

Charles M. was b. in Dalton, Mass. ; rem. to Michigan, and thence to 
Minneapolis, Minn., December, 1887. He is superintendent of a hotel, 
and of the Union City Mission. Myra L. was b. in Highland, Mich., 
November 22, 1848. 



1345F Lafayette T. Stocking and Kate M. Guffin had: 
(1879) Lena K., b. July 29, 1880. 

Lafayette is a lawyer; res. in Morrison, 111. He was b. in Pine Plains, 
N. Y. ; rem. to Prophetstown in 1858, thence to Morrison in 1865; gradu- 
ated from Morrison High School in 1875, and from the Albany (N. Y.) 
Law School in 1877. He entered the law office of Judge F. O. Ramsey, of 
the Circuit Court of the 14th Judicial District of Illinois, remaining there 
until 1886, when he rem. to Lincoln, Neb.; returned to Morrison, 111., 
November, 1887, where he now practices law with marked success, many 
of his cases being important ones. He is a member of the Masonic frater- 
nity and a Knight Templar. 

Wife Kate is the dau. of Thos. Guffin, merchant, of Morrison. Dau. 
Lena was graduated from Morrison High School in 1899. Studied at the 
University of Illinois. 



1358 Leila Stocking and Henry D. Blossom had: 



(1880) Dudley S., b. March, 1879. 

(1881) Carl Woodruff, b. April 26, 188 1. 

(1882) Mary Sheldon, b. December 6, 1883. 



d. 1886. 



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(1883) Pelham H., b. September 30, 1886. 

(1884) John Theodore, b. May 28, 1891. 

Res. Cleveland, 0., where Leila d. April 3, 1892. 



1369 Eugenie Eloise Stocking and A. Comeaux had: 

(1885) Denison S., d. young. 

(1886) Marie Eloise, b. August 15, 1877. 

Res. St. Francisville, La. 



1370 Eliska Delphine Stocking and Dr. William C. Bates 
had: 

(1887) Infant, d. young. 

(1888) Eliska Dell, b. August 8, 1902. 

Res. St. Francisville, La. 



1404 Schuyler Eugene Stocking and Mary Himes had 

(1889) Luna May, b. March 19, 1887. 

(1890) Jennie, b. June 2, 1889. 

(1891) Fred, b. May 28, 1891. 

(1892) Norman, b. January 14, 1895. 

Res. Lawton, Mich. 



1405 Mary Eugenie Stocking and Charles M. Wilhelm 
had: 

(1893) Frank Edward, b. September 25, 1883. 

(1894) Esther E., b. August 20, 1897. 

(1895) Charles Hyde, b. July 14, 1899. d. young. 

Mary E. is a prominent social and musical figure in Omaha, Neb. She 
is a pupil of Cappiani, and has achieved popular success as a soprano 
soloist. 



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1407 Fred Carl Stocking and Mabel M. Miller had: 

(1896) Sabura Stebbins, b. September 19, 1895. 

(1897) George Lane, b. March 6, 1897. 

(1898) Charles Wilhelm, b. June 5, 1900. 

Fred. C. is in the furniture business in Milwaukee, Wis. 



1424 Edward Servillius Stocking and Nellie M. Downs 
had: 

(1899) Edith M., b. October 16, 1876. d. January 29, 1881. 

(1900) Edward G., b. October 18, 1880. d. young. 

(1901) Bessie M., b. April 24, 1883. 

Res. Bristol, Conn. 



1426 Charles Selah Stocking and Ella Bunnell had no 
children. She d. Aug. 10, 1892, and Charles 
S. m. 2d, June 15, 1893, Alice M. Purdy. 
They had: 

(1902) Rachel L., b. September 23, 1894. 

(1903) Marion L., b. May 29, 1897. 

(1904) Leona P., b. November 12, 1901. 

Res. Bristol, Conn. 



1 43 1 Rev. Charles M. Belden and Sarah White had: 

(1905) Susan White, b. November 8, 1889. 

(1906) Russell Marvin, b. July 12, 189 1. d. young. 

(1907) Margaret Lloyd, b. March 16, 1894. 

(1908) Elsa Marvin, b. May 13, 1897. 

Rev. Mr. Belden was b. in White Plains, N. Y. ; student at Trinity Col- 
lege, 1876-78; graduated from Columbia College, 1880, with honors; master 
in St. Paul's School, Concord, N. Y., 1881 and '82; graduated from General 
Theological Seminary, 1884; ordained deacon in the P. E. Church, 1884; 
priest, 1885; curate at St. James' Church, New York City, 1885-86; rector 
of St. George's Church, Astoria, N. Y., 1887-1902; rector of Emmanuel 
Church, Geneva, Switzerland, at present time. 



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1432 John Belden and Frances Fitch had: 

(1909) Thomas Marvin, b. January 19, 1891. 

(1910) Robert Fitch, b. April 6, 1894. 

(191 1) Mary Sherman, b. July 24, 1897. 

Res. Danbury, Conn., where John is in the hat manufacturing business. 



H35 Julia Holcomb Stocking and R. Wainwright Bacot 
had: 

(191 1 a) Helen Wainwright, b. December 21, 1893. d. young. 

Julia Holcomb was b. in Ansonia, Conn. ; rem. successively to Rochester, 
N. Y., Chicago, and Detroit, Mich. She was a pupil at the Detroit Female 
Seminary, and finished her school life at St. Mary's School, New York City, 
after which she spent a year of travel in Europe, making a second tour in 
1895. 

R. Wainwright Bacot is the son of the late Richard Cochran and Mary 
(Gilchrist) Bacot. He was formerly teller of the Bank of the Republic, 
New York City, and is now connected with the City Water Works Co., 
Utica, N. Y., where this family now reside. 



145 1 Rev. George B. Stocking and Cornelia Ellis had: 

(191 IB) Mildred S., b. i860, m. June, 1882, Charles H. Osband, 
(1911c) Hiram Ellis, b. October, 1864. d. March, 1893. unm. 

Rev. George B. was educated in the public schools of Fabin, and at the 
Cortland Academy, Rensselaer, N. Y., and was graduated from Lombard 
University, Galesburg, 111. He entered the ministry of the Universalist 
Church, and has won distinction as a preacher, and the regard and love of 
his townspeople. This is especially true of the Galesburg people, among 
whom, without distinction of creed, he was exceedingly popular. He now 
resides in Lansing, Mich. Cornelia Ellis was a woman of superior char- 
acter and accomplishments. She d. January 20, 1902. 



1454 Mariette Stocking and John Wesley Knaggs had: 

(1912) Walter Wesley, b. August 7, 1871. m. May 3, 1898, Mabel A. 
Bernard. Res. Detroit, Mich. A traveUng salesman. 



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(1913) Roy Stocking, b. September 14, 1873. m. October 5, 1897, 

Mary Allen Whitney. Res. New York City. Roy is head of 
the firm of Knaggs & Co., printers and engravers. 

(1914) Duneis Camilla, b. April 6, 1875. m. March 27, 1901, Henry E. 

McLennan. Res. Bay City, Mich. 

(1915) Mary Stocking, b. August 2, 1876. Graduated B. S. from the 

Michigan Agricultural College in 1901; teacher of domestic 
science in Superior, Wis., High School. 

Mariette Stocking Knaggs res. in Bay City, Mich. Her ability as a 
writer, fluency as a speaker, and her organizing and administrative ability 
have placed her in the forefront of intellectual, reform, and philanthropic 
movements. She is the first woman to be honored with membership in 
the board of education in Bay City; was president of the Equal Suffrage 
Association for four years, under the leadership of Susan B. Anthony; was 
for several years a member of the board of the Home of Industry for Dis- 
charged Prisoners at Detroit, by appointment of Governor Bliss, and mem- 
ber of the Board of Guardians of the State Industrial Home for Girls at 
Adrian, Mich. 

John W. Knaggs was b. in Raisinville, Mich., August 28, 1839. He is 
in the fire insurance business in Bay City, Mich. 



1456 Dimcis Tryphena Stocking and Charles Herbert 
Denison had no children. 

She was b. in New York State, m. in Bay City, Mich., res. in Philadel- 
phia and Boston, and finally rem., in 1880, to New York City, where she 
now resides. She became a member of Sorosis — the first woman's club — 
in 1886, and after holding several offices of prominence, was made first 
vice-president in 1897, and president in 1898, which office she still holds. 
At the biennial convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs at 
Milwaukee in 1900, she was elected first vice-president of the organization, 
and after serving a year as acting president, was elected president at Los 
Angeles, Cal., in 1902. 

Mrs. Denison is a woman of unusual executive ability, indefatigable 
energy, and clear judgment. Her literary ability embraces the fields of 
poetry and prose. In the former, her touch is light and graceful; in the 
latter, she is forceful and logical. She is also vice-president of the Inter- 
national Sunshine Society, vice-president of the Patria Club of New York, 
one of the original committee of one hundred of the Association opposed 




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to the extension of woman suffrage, and a member of its board, and one of 
the Council of the Society for the Protection of Italian Immigrants. 

Mr. Denison is a descendant of Capt. George Denison, famous in colo- 
nial times, and on the maternal side, of Elder Brewster of the Mayflower. 
He was educated at the University of Michigan, leaving his studies in 1861 
to enlist for service in the Civil War. Returning to educational life, he 
was graduated from both the collegiate and law departments, and now 
practices in New York City. His oratorical excellence has won for him 
the name of "the silver-tongued." He has been an active member of the 
Republican Club of New York City ever since its organization; was for 
several years chairman of the Committee on National Affairs, and vice- 
president in 1902 of the same club. 



1 46 1 A Frederich Sheaf Wheat and Maria Abigail Mon- 
tague had: 

(191 8) Willette Eleanor, b. April 4, 1880. 

(1919) Frederich Sheaf, b. June 11, 1882. 

(1920) Charles Montague, b. June 11, 1882. 

(1921) Mary Amelia, b. August 11, 1884. 

(1922) WilHam Ahster, b. March 17, 1888. 

(1923) Watson Selden, b. January 4, 1894. 

Mr. Fred. S. Wheat is alawver, res. in Caro, Mich. 



1464 Mary J . Stocking and Charles Veatch had: 

(1924) Corinne, b.' 1885. 
James S., b. 1887. 
Walter, b. 1889. 

Res. St. Louis, Mo., where Mr. Veatch conducts a real estate business. 



1467 Sidney W. Stocking, Jr., and Effie Stiles had: 

(1925) Irvin, b. 1892. 

Effie d. in 1892 and Sidney m, 2d Jennie Neal, 
they had: 

(1926) Son, D. S., b. 1897. 



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1472 Hugh L. Stocking and Mary Fritch had: 

(1927) James, b. . 

Res. Washington, Pa. 



1474 Ella Maude Stocking and John W. Miller had: 

(1928) Dorothy, b. . 

Mr. Miller res. in Pittsburg. Ella M. d. there. 



1490 Robert McDowell Stocking and Imogen Storrs had: 

(1929) Frank S., b. November 20, 1874. Ticket and S. S. agent at 

Quebec. 
(1929A) Robert E., b. February 16, 1883. 

Res. Quebec, Canada. Robert McD. was for many years ticket agent 
for railway and S. S. lines. During President Cleveland's administration, 
he was U. S. Vice Consul at Quebec. He also owned a large hotel at 
Cocuma, Canada. He d. at Quebec, November 20, 1900. Imogen was b. 
and m. in Canton, N. Y. Sons Frank and Robert have succeeded their 
father in the ticket and passenger business, and the first is also Vice Consul. 



1496 Mary Frances Stocking and John Widdicomb had: 

(1930) George, b. October 3, 1870. d. young. 

(1931) Mary Ella, b. September 24, 1872. m. February 22, 1902, 

Frederick C. Lee. 

(1932) Harry, b. August 3, 1876. 

(1933) Alida, b. October 22, 1878. m. June 4, 1901, Charles Hicks 

Crane. 

Res. Grand Rapids, Mich. 



1502 Myron Theophilus Stocking and Elizabeth Thomp- 
son had: 

(1934) Rev. Jay Thomas, b. April 19, 1870. Graduate Amherst Col- 
lege, 1895; Yale Divinity School, 1901; assistant pastor 
Church of the Redeemer, New Haven, Conn. 




MYRON THEOPHILUS STOCKING. 



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(1935) De Witt Bryant, b. October 27, 1871. m. Myrtle Hawkins. 

R. R. express agent, Clarendon, Tex. 

(1936) Jerome Branch, b. November 11, 1873. Graduated Michigan 

Law School, 1899. Res. Buffalo. 

(1937) Venila H., b. March 10, 1875. m. June 3, 1902, L. C. Hifton- 

stall. Graduate Potsdam Normal School, New York. Res. 
New Rochelle. 

(1938) Sylvan Morgan, b. March 3, 1877. Graduate Amherst College, 

1902. 

(1939) Emma Leone, b. September 22, 1878. Graduate Potsdam Nor- 

mal School, 1902. 

(1940) Ralph Earl, b. October 31, 1885. 

Myron Thompson was b. in Lisbon, N. Y., educated in the common 
schools, and at the Ogdensburg (N. Y.) Academy, where he fitted himself 
for the profession of a teacher. He taught in Lisbon, Waddington, Nor- 
wood, and Ogdensburg, N. Y. Justice of the peace for twelve years; 
twice elected justice of the Court of Sessions; supervisor of the town of 
Lisbon, 1884; superintendent of the poor since 1899; deacon of the Congre- 
gational Church for twenty years past; delegate to the National Repub- 
lican Convention which nominated Benjamin Harrison at Minneapolis. 



1503 Dr. Jerome D. Stocking and Emma A. Hubbell had: 

(1941) Fred. J., b. July 24, 1879. Graduated, 1902. Medical student 

Chicago University. 

(1942) Roy M., b. August 2, 1881. Student in State University, Austin, 

Texas. 

Emma d. at Clarendon, Texas, 1887, and Dr. 
Jerome m. 2d Sarah W. Ward of Henrietta, 
Texas, they had: 

(1943) Jerome D., Jr., b. August 25, 1890. 

(1944) Ruth Evangeline, b. August 2, 1891. 

(1945) George Ward, b. September 29, 1892. 

(1946) Homer Gray, b. November 13, 1893. 

(1947) Myron Ralph, b. December 5, 1895. d. May 24, 1899. 

(1948) Collis Allen, b. August 26, 1900. 

Dr. Jerome was b. at Lisbon Centre, N. Y. Taught school at eighteen 
years of age, but was compelled by illness to change climate. Went to 



1 82 The Stocking Ancestry' 

Big Rapids, Mich., and in 1870 returned to Lisbon Centre; rem. to Texas; 
taught school, 1871-72; entered Potsdam, N. Y., State Normal School, and 
prepared for the medical profession; graduated with honors from the 
Medical Department Michigan State University, at Ann Arbor, 1876; 
practiced medicine in Dallas and Lawrence, Tex., for nine years. In 1885 
he rem. to Clarendon, Tex., a township then 235 miles from the nearest 
railroad, and located there on a liberal guarantee from its citizens. His 
wife Emma d. there of consumption, and he m. two years later, Sarah, 
dau. of Robert Ward, of Altona, 111. He has a large practice and a thriv- 
ing drug business, is a public-spirited citizen, a warm friend and supporter 
of the cause of liberal education, and president of the board of trustees of 
Clarendon College and University Training School, a chartered institution, 
under the auspices of the M. E. Church South. 



15 1 5 Lainey A. Stocking and W. A. Grey had: 

(1949) Roy E., b. 1880. 

(1950) James A., b. 1883. 

Res. Farmington, Minn., where Mr. Grey is in the real estate and insur- 
ance business, and justice of the peace. 



1 5 17 Beatrice Stocking and James McFadden had; 

(1951) Lillian, b. 1889. 

(1952) Edward S., b. 1891. 

Res. Webster, S. Dak. 



1542 Judson Coleman Stocking and Edna Finnegan had; 

(1953) Ruth, b. December, 1901. 

Judson C. is a hardware merchant, Lincoln, Neb. 



1 55 1 Charles Peckham Stocking 

was b. at Newmarket, Ontario; rem. with his parents to Toronto, and 
Erie, Pa., and after his father's death he went to live with Mr. James Pear- 




JEROME D. STOCKING, D. D. 



The Stocking Ancestry 183 

son, an uncle, where for five years he attended the public and high schools 
of Newmarket. In 1880 he joined a surveying party working in the town- 
ship of Chisholm, their provisions being carried in canoes and boats up 
French River, and across Lake Nipissing. Later on, he became book- 
keeper for a tanning firm in Newmarket, and in 1883 he took a similar 
position with the Georgian Bay Consolidated Lumber Co., and he has been 
for nine years past its secretary-treasurer at Waubaushene, Ontario. 



1552 Mary Lydia Stocking 

was b. at Toronto, Canada. On the death of her father, she rem. from 
Erie, Pa., and in 1875 to the home of her maternal aunt, Ellie Silver, who 
educated her. She became a professional kindergartner, being principal 
at Belleville and Owen Sound. In 1902 she married Walter S. B. Arm- 
strong, a reporter on the staff of The Globe newspaper in Toronto, in which 
city they still reside. 



1553 Ellie Frances Stocking and Charles Henry Shep- 
pard had: 

(1954) Edwin Reginald, b. May 7, 1899. 

(1955) Edith Mary Peckham, b. August 3, 1900. 

Ellie rem. from Erie, Pa., in 1875 to Newmarket, Ontario, where she 
resided several years with her grandfather Peckham; was educated in 
public and high schools at Newmarket, lived for a time in Toronto and 
Waubaushene, and now res. at Bruld Lake, Algonquin Park, Ontario, 
where Mr. Sheppard is the manager of the Sheppard Lumber Co. 



1554 Fred Townsend Stocking 

was b. at Erie, Pa. In 1875 he rem. to Newmarket, Ontario, where he was 
educated in the public school and in the Collegiate Institute. In 1891 he 
entered the School of Practical Science, Toronto, graduating in 1895 in 
mechanical and electrical engineering. He then went to Buffalo, N. Y., 
where he mastered the practical application of his theoretical knowledge 
in the employ of prominent firms. In 1898 he worked for Edison in New 
York City, but ill health forced him to a change of cHmate, and he spent 
three years in Colorado. He is now with the Deering Harvester Co., 
Chicago. 



184 The Stocking Ancestry 



1560 Dr. Charles H. Stocking and Mina A. Woodside 
had: 



(1956) 
(1957) 
(1958) 



1564 David Wilkins Stocking and Ada A. Harvey had: 

(1959) Elizabeth, b. September, 1902. 

Res. Duluth, Minn., where David W. is connected with the Lake Supe- 
rior Steamship Co. 



1 57 1 AHce EHzabeth Stocking and Charles A. Merrit 
had: 

(i960) Mabel. 

(1961) Frank Wallace. 

(1962) Carl Albright. 

(1963) Ernest, 

(1964) Edith. 

(1965) Adelbert Fair. 

Mr. Merrit has been for the past thirteen years in the U. S. Postal De- 
partment, Birmingham, Ala. 



1572 Fannie Hurd Stocking and Augustus W. Albright 
had: 



(1966) Fay, b. . 

(1967) Margery, b. . 

Mr. Albright has been for many years chief clerk and cashier Roane 
Iron Works, Chattanooga, Tenn. 



1573 Carrie Eliza Stocking and William B. Fair had: 
(1968) Beatrice. 
Mr. Fair is a merchandise broker, Havana, Cuba. 




CARL LUDLOW STOCKING. 



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1544 Carl Ludlow Stocking and Miriam Louise Baker 
had: 

(1969) Ben Baker Ludlow, b. December 25, 1902. 

They were m. at Key West, Fla., where they now reside. Carl L. was 
b. at Chattanooga, Tenn. ; was educated at Birmingham, Ala., and after 
traveling extensively in the United States, located at Key West at the 
time of the Spanish- American War, engaging in the brokerage business, to 
which he has recently added the furniture business, being a partner with 
Mr. B. P. Baker, whose daughter he married. 



1594 Thomas M. Stocking and Mary Ellen Ott had: 

(1970) Thomas Robbins, b. June 23, 1889. 

(1971) Ralph Duane, b. February 21, 1891. 

(1972) Philip Austin, b. June 4, 1893. 

Res. Grand Rapids, Mich. 



1604 Alline Stocking and Charles Sumner Clark had: 

(1973) William, b. December 20, 1896. 

(1974) Allan Roberts, b. March 29, 1900. 

Mr. Chas. Sumner Clark is a capitalist res. in Pittsburg, Pa. 



1643 Fred W. Stocking and Alma Manning had: 

(1975) Frank, b. August 2, 1891. 

(1976) Helen, b. June 14, 1895. 

Fred W. was b. at Gray's Harbor, Wash., whence he rem. with his 
widowed mother to Grand Mound, Wash. She there took up a homestead 
claim of 160 acres, on which the family still resides. Fred W. graduated 
from the Olympia Collegiate Institute in 1888, taught school for two years, 
after which he carried on a general mercantile business for two years in 
Centralia. Returning to "Thurston County, he entered the political field, 



1 86 The Stocking Ancestry 

serving as justice of the peace twelve years, deputy assessor eight years, 
and deputy treasurer for an additional period. His political and personal 
popularity has made him the constant recipient of public honors, he having 
been chosen as delegate to his county convention for seventeen years, and 
having been a member of the State Convention for fifteen years. He has 
served two terms in the State Legislature, and his influence has been deci- 
sive in measures and elections vital to the interests of the public. On 
nomination of President Roosevelt he was appointed in 1902 Registrar of 
the U. S. Land Office at Olympia, a position which he now fills with the 
cordial support of his fellow-citizens of all shades of political opinion. 



1644 George C. Stocking and Jessie Manning had; 

(1977) Hazel, b. May 29, 1893. 

(1978) Alfred, b. September 26, 1897. 

Res. Republic, Wash. 



1 645 A William Lyman Stocking and Mattie A. Bryant 
had: 

(1979) Bessie Ella, b. October 20, 1881. 

(1980) Mattie Bryant, b. May 5, 1888. 

Mattie A. d. at Independence, Mo., May 16, 1888, 
and William L. m. 2d, July 7, 1897, Grace 
Margaret Wittich, and had: 

(1980A) John Edward, b. December i, 1898. 

William L. was b. in Collinsville, 111. He is a lawyer, formerly residing 
in Independence, Mo., and is now living in Kansas City, Mo. 



1648 Adelbert Eugene Stocking and Anna L. Stallman 
had: 

(1981) Adell Eugenia, b. October 20, 1902. 

Adelbert E. was b. at Richwoods, Mo. ; educated in the grammar schools 
of St. Louis, and at the Manual Training School, and Barnes' Commercial 



I 



The Stocking Ancestry 187 

College; was connected with the German- American Bank, De Soto, cashier 
of the Blodgett Bank, and is now cashier of the Peoples' Bank, Charleston, 
Mo. Wife, Anna L., was from Evansville, Ind. 



1676 Louis Henry Stocking and Mamie Reid had: 

(1982) Louis H. 
(1982A) Anson R. 



1691 Ernest J. Stocking and Minnie Clark had: 

(1983) Gladys Lenore, b. June 27, 1897. 

(1984) Helen Lazetta, b. August 22, 1898. 

(1985) Ruth Evelyn, b. August 4, 1900. 

Ernest J. is chief clerk in the P. C. R. R. Co., at Toledo, O. 



1 701 George Melville Stocking and Georgia Bell Sil- 
verthorn had: 

(1986) Daughter, b. November 29, 1901. 

George M. is a photographer, res. in Wautoma, Wis. 



1758 Elizabeth Cocks Stocking and Rev. Authur H. 
Scudder had: 

(1987) Fisk William, b. February 27, 1897. 

(1988) Anna Elizabeth, b. March 23, 1898. 

(1989) Ruth Delanoy, b. July 8, 1900. 

Res. North Truro and Marion, Mass. 



1760 William Alonzo Stocking, Jr., and Harriet M 
Bliss had: 

(1990) John Bliss, b. March 7, 1902. 

Res. Storrs, Conn. 



1 88 The Stocking Ancestry 

1799 Sarah M. Stocking and Frank Orcutt had; 

(1991) Mary R., b. July 18, 1888. 

(1992) Clifford F., b. October 9, 1892. 

Res. Tama, Iowa. 



1804 Sylvester James Stocking and Flora Weaver had: 

(1993) Beryl A. S. 

(1994) Mary Cornelia. 



1835 Frederich Asbury Stocking and Ann Daub had: 

(1995) Bernard Ambrose, b. March 17, 1895. 

(1996) Fred Aloysius, b. December 29, 1897. 

(1997) Theodore James John, b. June 11, 1900. 

Res. Chicago. Ann is the dau. of Adam and Sophia Daub, b. at Fort 
Wayne, Ind., July, 1872. 



191 iB Mildred S. Stocking and George H. Osband had: 

(1998) George B., b. April 4, 1888. 

(1999) James, b. June, 1894. 

Mr. Osband d. January, 1902. His widow res. in Lansing, Mich. 



The Stocking Ancestry 189 



UNCLASSIFIED FAMILIES 

WHOSE CONTINUOUS LINE OF DESCENT IS NOT ASCERTAINED. 



Francis Stocking and Celesta Pratt had: 

I. Roderick F., b. 1825. m. January, 1854, Anne Whitebread. 

II. Braddock, m. Mary Force. 

III. Nettie, m. Frank Wilcox. ^ 

IV. Frederich. 



I. Roderick and Anne Whitebread had: 

V. Frank E., b. 1854. ni. October, 1882, Violetta M. Vail. 
VL Mary Virginia, m. March, 1892, John Murray. 
VII. Milo A., m. 1896, LilHan Beebe, of Adrian, Mich. 



II. Braddock Stocking and Mary Force had: 

VIII. Eva, m. 1882, Burdick. 

IX. Harriet, m. December, 1884, John Shadinger, 



III. Nettie Stocking and Frank Wilcox had: 



X. Mabel. 
XL Frank. 



Jeanette Stocking and Levi Eaton had: 

Newell, m. Silvia French. 

Perry, b. . Killed on railroad. 

Fannie, b. . Res. Denver, Colo. Unm. 

Ohve, b. . m. Philip Held, who d. at Alliance, O., February 16, 

1902. 



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Clarissa, b. . m. Chester Stone. Res. Denver. 

Ruth, b. . d. August 16, 1864. 

Mary, b. . m. Eugene Burton, who d. November 25, 1868. 



Sarah Stocking and R. G. Eavens had: 

Margaret, m. Luring, Evansville, Ind. 

R. G., Jr. 
S. R. (son). 

This family resides in Loomis, Wash., where they own a large sheep 
ranch. The parents d. 1901. 



Jeroad Stocking and Lucy Bigelovv had: 



Fideno. 

Jerome. 

Perry. 

Clark. 

Winfield. 

Timothy. 

Sally. 

Emaline. 

Eliza Jane. 

Lucy Ann. 

Mary. 



Lyman Stocking and Sarah Ann White had: 



George, b. July 22, 1844. 
Janus H., b. June 28, 1848. 
Franklin, b. February 2, 1851. 
Marietta, b. May 24, 1856. 

Res. Cabotville, Mass. 



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710 Ursula Elizabeth Arnold and Henry Eikenburg had: 



Harry, b. January 8, 1863. 
Manota, b. January 14, 1872. 
Alice, b. February 10, 1874. 
James C, b. April 17, 1878. 
Emma L., b. October 6, 1881. 

Res. Plattsmouth, Neb. 



SUNDRY MARRIAGES. 

Lucy Stocking and John Butler, April 22, 1754, in Durham, N. Y. 

Jane Stocking and Joshua Merrick (probable same as Merrie), November 

27. 1775- 
Sarah Stocking and Aaron Evets, October 15, 1765. 

Samuel Stocking and Elizabeth Scovell, in Chatham, February 2, 1769. 

Marjery Stocking and Ebenezer Wells, April 29, 1779. 

Samuel Stocking, of Ashfield, Mass., and Eunice Sherwin, February i, 1787. 

Joseph Stocking and Hannah Gill, December 21, 1777. 

Esther Stocking and Theo. Morgan, July 26, 1791. 

Anna Stocking and Samuel Latimer, April 16, 1797. 

Sally Stocking and Ansel Hubbard, 1809. 

Ralph Stocking and Electa Ann Taylor, January (or May) 25, 1820. 

Rodney Stocking and Emily Edwards, July 3, 1823. 

Polly Stocking and Thomas James. 

Ann Stocking and Lawson. 



192 The Stocking Ancestry 



ROYAL DESCENTS. 

Edward III. King of England had: 

Prince John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, who had 

Lady Joan Beaumont, m. Sir Ralph de Nevill, K. G., and had 

Lady Anne Nevill, m. Humphrey de Stafford, First Duke of Buckingham, 

and had 
Humphrey de Stafford, Eighth Earl of Stafford, Knight, who m. Lady 

Margaret, dau. of Sir Edmund de Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, 

also descended from Edward IIL, and had 
Lady Anne de Stafford, sister of Henry de Stafford, Second Duke of Buck- 
ingham, who m. Sir Wm. de Berkley, and had 
Anne Berkley, m. Sir Thomas Speke, Knight, of Whitelackingham, member 

of Privy Council under Edward IV., and had 
Sir George Speke, Knight, of above place, m. Lady Elizabeth Luttrell, 

lineal descendant from Henry L of France, and had 
Lady Anne Speke, m. Sir John Horner, Knight, of Cloford, High Sheriff, 

1564-73, and had 
Lady Jane Horner, m. 1593, Rt.-Rev. John Still, Bishop of Bath and 

Wells, and had 
Anne Still, m. Robert Eyre, of Sarum, 1569, and had 
Katherine Eyre, 1601, m. March 17, 1635, Rev. Charles Chauncey, D. D., 

Second President of Harvard College, also of Royal Descent, 

and had 
Rev. Nathaniel Chauncey, of Hatfield, Mass., who m. 1673, Abigail Strong, 

and had 
Rev. Nathaniel Chauncey, of Durham, Conn. (b. 1681), the first graduate 

of Yale College, and had 
Nathaniel Chauncey, of Middletown, Conn., b. 1720, who m. Mary Stock- 
ing, and had several children. 



INDEX OF STOCKING NAMES 



Abert, i68. 

Abiah, 8, 15. 

Abigail, 8, 10, 13, 15, 20, 21, 47, 48, 67,92, 

94. 
Abner, 8, 13, 17, 32, 3s, 47. 9°- 
Abraham, 12, 25, 47, 90. 
Abram, 47, 90, 91, 93. 
Ada, 100, 139. 
Adaline, 35, 67, 70, 72, 155. 
Addie, 73, 162. 
Adelaide, 90, 155. 
Adelbert, 91, 152, 157, 186. 
Adelia, 63, 124. 
Adell, 186. 

Albert, 49, 88, 92, 97, 104, 131, 146, 157. 
Alena, 72, 139. 

Alexander, 17, 29, 30, 35, 60, 70. 
Alfred, 22, 35, 47, 69, 74, 102, 112, 135, 140, 

142, 186. 
Alice, 31, 73, 92, 114, 130, 132, 140, 145, 

158, 168, 169, 174, 184. 
Alida, 137, 138. 
AUine, 147, 185. 
Almira, 39, 60, 76, 117. 
Alnor, III. 
Alpheus, 50, 100. 
Alsina, 37, 72, 139. 
Alva, 171. 
Alvin, 17. 

Amanda, 72, 76, 133. 
Amasa, 17, 33. 
Amaziah, 47, 92. 
Amer, 112, 168. 
Amos, 7, 12, 25, 49, 95. 
Amy, 162, 163, 164. 
Andrew, 51, 73, 139. 
Angeline, 113, 170, 172. 
Ann, 35, 70, 135. 

Anna, 42, 43, 51, 70, 88, 108, 123, 155. 
Anne, 14, 92. 
Annie, 89, 133, 149. 
Ansel, 15, 22, 32, 44, 85. 
Anson, 22, 45, 87, 187. 
Arnold, 50, 100. 



Artemus, 50. 

Arthur, 56, 64, in, 116, 137, 165, 167. 

Arthy, 112, 168. 

Asa, 18. 

Aseph, 14. 

Ashbel, 50. 

Augusta, 94, 165. 

Aurora, 94. 

Austin, S3^ 59- 94- ' 

Azan ,111. 

Azubah, 13. 

Beatrice, 138, 182. 

Ben, 185. 

Benjamin, 8, 14, 17, 29, 30, 34, 131, 170, 

171. 
Bennett, 125. 
Bernard, 188. 
Beryl, 188. 
Bessie, 176, 186. 
Bethia, 4, 6. 

Betsey, 19, 24, 31, S3' 42, 43. 83. 
Billius, 36, 72, 136. 
Blanche, 167. 
Braddock, 25, 48, 189. 
Bradley, 90. 
Burr, 35. 
Burton, 140. 

Caleb, 15. 

Calista, 47, 146. 

Camilla, 37. 74. 

Candace, 22. 

Carey, 43. 

Carl, 143, 185. 

Carlyle, 88. 

Caroline, 39, 40, 41, 67, 76, 77, 80, 87, 89, 

162. 
Carrie, 106, 145, 184. 
Catherine, 147. 
Cene, 32. 
Chandler, 48. 
Charles, 25, 37, 39, 40, 46, 49, 50, 51, 53, 

62, 64, 68, 69, 73, 74, 78, 79, 85, 87, 88, 



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194 



Index of Stocking Names 



89, 90, 95, 97, 99, 100, loi, 102, 104, 

106, 115, 121, 123, 125, 127, 132, 139, 
140, 142, 146, 149, 152, 154, 155, 156, 
157, 160, 162, 174, 176, 182, 184. 

Charlie, 166. 

Charlotte, 59, 62, 63, 73, 85, 122, 125, 140, 

154, 162. 
Chauncey, 112, 169. 
Chester, 33, 58, 112, 115, 170. 
Chloe, 28. 

Clarissa, 21, 35, 40, 80. 
Clark, 113, 190. 
Cliflford, 88, 103, 160, 164. 
Clyde, 107, 145, 172. 
Collis, 181. 
Constant, 19, 90. 
Cora, 80, 114, 166. 
Cornelia, 152. 
Cynthia, 56. 
Cyrus, 54, 56. 
C. Frank, 160. 

Daisette, 118. 

Daniel, 4, 7, 10, 11, 17, 20, 21, 28, 31, 36, 
37, 43, 51, 56, 72, 73, 102, 136, 137, 140. 
Darwin, 60, 90. 
David, 7, 12, 13, 24, 27, 33, 35, 42, 56, 68, 

97. 137. 143. 184. 
Davis, 50, 99, 100, 163. 
Deborah, 61. 
De Lafayette, 60. 
Delia, 29, 38, 61, 90, 120, 122. 
Delinda, 61. 
Delphine, 61. 
Denison, 61, 120. 
DeWitt, 60, 118, 181. 
Dexter, 47, 92, 94, 159. 
Diantha, 61, 120. 
Dimeis, 67, 132, 178. 
Dollie, 123. 
Dora, 104. 
Dorotha, 140. 
Dorothy, 18, 37, 132. 
Duane, 94, 159. 
Dudley, 118. 
Duncan, 72. 
Dwight, 64, 130. 

Eben, 64, 69, 92, 133. 
Ebenezer, 4, 7, 10, 13. 



Eber, 12, 25, 45, 88. 

Eda, 94, 159. 

E. E., 142. 

Edgar, 64, 74, 85, 131, 142. 

Edith, 157, 164, 176. 

Edmund, 150. 

Edna, 155. 

Edney, 74. 

Edward, 78, 92, 125, 143, 160, 176. 

Edwin, 46, 64, 74, 88, 94, 155, 160. 

Elbert, 73. 

Eleazer, 15, 29. 

Elias, 18. 

Eliska, 175. 

Ella, 73, loi, 102, 114, 123, 134, 151, 164, 

172, 180. 
Electa, 19. 
Eli, 50, loi. 
Elijah, 8, 13, 27, 28. 

Elisha, 10, II, 12, 16, 24,35,46,69,70,89,136. 
Elizabeth, 6, 9, 12, 13, 20, 29, 40, 41, 42, 

44, 48, 50, 81, 85, 116, 136, 153, 160, 

184, 187. 
Ellie, 141, 183. 
Ellis, 18, 140. 
Ellsworth, 91, 158. 
Elmer, 159. 
Eloise, 121. 
Eliza, 27, 40, 50, 62, 81, 86, 104, 122, 158, 

190. 
Elsie, 108, 159, 171. 
Emeline, 37, 48, 190. 

Emily, 32, 39, 42, 68, 76, 84, 131, 132, 149. 
Emma, 25, 31, 51, 56, 86, 99, 102, 109, 125, 

154, 181. 
Enoch, 13. 
Erma, 107. 

Ernest, 123, 140, 156, 187. 
Esther, 14, 158. 
Ethel, 98, 149, 156, 158, 161. 
Eugene, 108. 
Eugenie, 175. 
Eunice, 14, 15, 32, 57. 
Euphanie, 157. 
Eva, loi, 123, 125, 164, 189. 
Ezra, 62, 84, 150. 

Fannie, 145, 184. 

Fanny, 19, 24, 29, 45, 46, 53, 82, 115, 130, 

131- 



Index of Stocking Names 



95 



Fernando, 60. 

Fideno, 191. 

Flora, 45, 57, 106, 108, 123. 

Florence, 64, 123, 129, 156, 167, 174. 

Forney, 25. 

Frances, 69, 116, 132. 

Francis, 43, 78, 84, 113, 129, 141, 151, 170, 

189. 
Frank, 49, 64, 73, 91, 92, 95, loi, 102, 103, 

104, 106, 116, 117, 123, 154, 157, 164, 

173, 180, 185, 189. 
Franklin, 190. 
Fred, loi, 123, 139, 146, 151, 173, 175, 176, 

181, 183, 185. 
Frederick, 80, 82, 84, 89, 150, 153, 170, 188, 

189. 

Gehrett, 125. 

George, i, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 15, 18, 19, 24, 25, 

29. 31. 35. 40, 41. 46, 47. 49. 52, 53. 56, 
57, 58, 62, 67, 68, 73, 74, 79, 80, 87, 90, 
92, 93. 94, 104, ro6, 108, no, in, 113, 
117, 123, 131, 132, 144, 146, 147, 151, 
157. 158, 159. 160, 165, 167, 170, 171, 
173, 176, 181, 1S6, 187, 190. 

Gertrude, 100, 172. 

Gilbert, 86, 153. 

Gladys, 107, 163, 187. 

Glenn, 172. 

Glenney, 88. 

Grace, 14, 23, 30, 128, 154, 174. 

Gretchen, 164. 

Grove, 49. 

Halsey, 106, 164. 

Hammond, 104. 

Hannah, 2, 3, 5, 13, 17, 34, 35, 43, 49, 67, 

70, 83, 96. 
Harold, 134, 164. 
Harriet, 24, 32, 35, 42, 51, 56, 58, 59, 60, 

67, 70. 72, 73' 79, 83, 86, III, 115, 136, 

150, 153- 164, 189. 
Harrison, 59. 

Harry, 73, 88, 150, 151, 162. 
Harvey, 50, 86, 106, 162. 
Hattie, 106, 117, 150, 152, 154, 171. 
Hazel, 159, 162, 186. 

Helen, 68, 73, 100, 132, 135, 151, 185, 167. 
Helene, 160. 
Henrietta, 59, 85, 152. 



Henry, 24, 35, 37, 46, 58, 59, 69, 72, 78, 87, 

99, 113, 115, 136, 142, 150, 154, 178. 
Herbert, 64, 90, 155, 156. 
Herod, 25, 47, 48. 
Hester, 39. 

Hezekiah, 9, 15, 18, 19, 37, 39, 67. 
Hiram, 177. 
Hobart, 138. 

Homer, 59, 115, 174, 181. 
Horace, 42,48, 58, 59, 79, 94, 114, 159, 173. 
Horates, 32. 
Howard, 108. 
Howell, 31, 57. 
Hubert, 88. 
Hugh, 134, 180. 
Huldah, 13, 21, 100. 

Ida, 95. 

Ira, 68, 159, 

Irvin, III, 179. 

Irwin, 88. 

Isaac, 22, 68, 72, 136. 

Isabella, 113, 149. 

Isreal, 17, 36. 

Jabin, 20, 58, 114, 172. 

Jacob, no, 165. 

James, n, 17, 18, 27, S3< 4°, 4i, 59- 69. 72, 

73, 80, 82, no, 134, 138, 140, 162, 163, 

166, i8o. 
Jane, 10, 11, 41, 47, 81, 100, 136, 190. 
Jared, 14, 20, 41, 50. 
Jasper, 114, 172. 
Jay, 180. 

Jeanette, 43, 148, 189. 
J Emily, 148. 
Jefferson, 35. 
Jemima, 9, 14, 19. 
Jennie, 85, 175. 
Jeremiah, 17, 20, 33, 34, 60. 
Jeroad, 190. 

Jerome, 51, 103, 137, 181, 190. 
Jesse, 18, 50, 79. 
Jessie, 54, 100, 108, 143, 163. 
Jirah, 35, 68. 
Joel, 14, 28, 50. 
John, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, n, 13, 17, 21, 27, 28, 

30, 36, 43, 44, 45, 4^, 49. 5^> 78, 79- 85. 
138, 145, 151, 168, 186. 
Jonathan, 10, 12, 19, 20, 27, 43, 47, 48, 90. 



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Index of Stocking Names 



Joseph, 4, 7, 10, II, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 25, 
28, 40, 43, 46, 47, 48, 51, 62, 73, 81, 
90, 95, 100, 123, 147, 156, 160. 

Josephine, 100. 

Josiah, 85. 

Jozeb, 20, 42. 

Judson, 140, 182. 

Julia, 39, 43, 50, 51, 78, 83, 91, 97, loi, 
103, 157, 177. 

Juliette, 38. 

Julius, 35, 38, 68. 

Junia, 168. 

Justus, 42, 46. 

Kate, 162. 
Kenneth, 165. 
Kirby, 172. 

Lafayette, 117, 174. 
Lailey, 73, 139. 
Lainey, 138, 182. 
Lamberton, 9, 19, 20. 
Lamertine, 63, 125. 
Lana, 166, 174. 
Laura, 53, 60, 68, 85, 119. 
Lavina, 47, 93. 
Lavinia, 20, 39, 78. 
Layton, 94. 
Lazena, 68. 
Leander, 78. 
Leila, 88, 118, 155, 174. 
Lemuel, 12, 25. 
Leo, 139. 
Leona, 176. 
Leonard, 85, 151. 
LeRoy, 155. 
Lester, 58, 92, 113. 
Leverett, 51, 104. 
Lewis, 48, 94, 117, 159. 
Libbie, 166. 
Lida, 118. 
Lizzie, 162. 

Lois, 7, 12, 57, 78, no. 
Louis, loi, 106, 129, 154, 165, 187. 
Louisa, 51, 58, 60, 114, 119, 147. 
Louise, 154. 
Lovina, 79. 
Lucia, 79, 145. 

Lucy, II, 14, 18, 22, 24, 30, 31, ^5, 52, 56, 
57, 92, 109, 140, 190. 



Lucretia, 24, 45. 

Lucinda, 20. 

Luna, 165 175. 

Luther, 11, 22, 24, 85. 

Lydia, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 14, 15, 19, 31, 74, 160. 

Lyman, 39, 79, 143, 149, 190. 

Mabel, 98, 106, 161. 

Maggie, 78, 143. 

Manota, 107. 

Mara, 165. 

Marah, 78. 

Marcia, 72. 

Margaret, 138, 153. 

Margarette, 116, 162. 

Marguerite, 158. 

Maria, 43, 48, 59, 80, 81, 146, 147, 166. 

Marian, 11. 

Marietta, 132, 190. 

Marion, 39, 176. 

Marjery, 12, 163. 

Mark, 170. 

Marshall, 8, 14. 

Martha, 9, 24, 47, 62, 70, 72, 78, 87, 124, 

135. 137- 
Martin, 73. 
Marvin, 163 




189, 190. 
Maryette, 59. 
Mason, 78. 
Matilda, 35, 136. 
Mattie, 186. 

Maude, 123, 139, 163, 170. 
Mavret, in, 167, 169. 
Max, 172. 
May, 152. 
Mehitable, 18. 
Melissa, 72. 
Mercia, 45, 87. 
Mercy, 9. 
Michael, 20, 43. 
Milan, 168. 
Mildred, 177, 1S8. 



Index of Stocking Names 



197 



Milo, 189. 

Milton, 94, 159. 

Minnie, 114, 123, 173. 

Montsire, 72. 

Moses, 8, 14, 30, 53, 54. 

Mura, 139. 

Myril, 156. 

Myron, 137, 180, 181. 

Myrtle, 159. 

Nabby, 25, 48. 

Nancy, 24, 31, 32, 57. 

Nathaniel, 4, 6, 9, 15, 18, 28, 50. 

Nellie, 89, 93, 103, 123, 125, 136, 139, 142, 

159, 162, 174. 
Nettie, 125, 146, 189. 
Nicholas, 11, 92. 
Noah, 13. 
Norman, 175. 

Oliver, 31, 63, 64, 160. 
Omar, 45, 88. 
Otis, 37. 

Pansy, 160. 

Patience, 11. 

Patrick, 40, 80. 

Perry, 156, 190. 

Peter, no, 165. 

Phila, 45. 

Philena, 74. 

Philip, 185. 

Philo, 30, 52. 

Phoebe, 14, 30, 41, 53, 85. 

Polly, 57, 159. 

Prudence, 15. 

Rachel, ir, 13, 27, 57, no, 176. 

Ralph, 46, 49, 59, 89, 90, 96, 158, 164, 181, 

185. 
Ransler, 59, 117. 
Raymond, 142, 162. 
Retta, 102. 

Reuben, 9, 15, 18, 30, 59, 67, 80, 116. 
Richard, 47, 59. 
Robbins, 147. 
Robert, 104, 136, 180. 
Roderick, 60, 83, 121, 148, 189. 
Rose, 54, 107. 
Roselle, 90. 



Rosetta, 38, 76. 
Roswell, 25, 47, 92, 93. 
Roy, 168, i8i. 
Russell, S3< 59- 

Ruth, 8, 9, 13, 14, 17, 25, 140, 143, 155, 
181, 182, 187. 

Sabin, 34, 66. 

Sabra, 16, 18. 

Sabura, 34, 62, 64, 66, 123, 127, 176. 

Sally, 18, 20, 42, 57, 83. 

Samantha, 34, 61. 

Samuel, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 

28, 35. 39. 41, 42, 50, 73, 78, 82 86, 99, 

100, 147, 149. 
Sarah, 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 21, 22, 

23. 25, 29, 39, 40, 44, 46, 49, 50, 63, 68, 

70, 76, 86, 87, 89, 96, 99, no, 123, 126, 

131, 165, 166, i68, 188. 
Schuyler, 123, i88. 
Septerins, 34, 61. 
Septus, 68. 
Serenius, 34, 63. 
Serilla, 34, 63. 
Seth, 21, 43. 
Shirley, 135. 
Sibyl, 35, 70. 

Sidney, 33, 60, 67, 68, 119, 133, 162, 179. 
Silas, 22. 
Simon, 19. 
Solomon, 51, 103. 
Solon, ^s, 60, 61, 64, 68, 130, 132. 
Sophia, 35, 60, 68, 82, 118, 133, 147. i49- 
Sophronia, 46, 47, 48. 
Sophronius, 34, 62. 
Statira, 25, 40. 
Stella, 102, 103. 

Stephen (Steven), 4, 6, 7, 12, 13, 18, 27. 
Submit, ir, 23. 
Summerfield, 63, 125. 
Susan, 63, 82. 
Susannah, 42. 
Sydney, 99. 
Sylvan, 181. 
Sylvester, 25, 57, no, 165, 166. 

Theodore, 64, 136, 138, i88. 
Theodosia, 1 1. 

Thomas, 9, 20, 40, 130, 143, 147, 185. 
Timothy, 9, 17, 19, 36, 72, 190. 



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Index of Stocking Names 



Ursula, 57, 191. 

Vaughn, 139. 
Venila, 181. 
Vienna, 69. 
Vinia, 18. 
Virgil, 76. 
Virginia, 52, 105. 

Walter, 44, 85, 106, 131, 158, 163, 173. 
Wells, 58, III. 
Wilbur, 100. 
Wilfred, 100. 
Willard, 163. 



William, 12, 17, 24, 25, s^' 40, 43. 47. 48, 
54. 56. 58. 73. 79. 83. 85, 86, 90, 91, 94, 
96, 100, 104, 107, no, III, 112, 114, 
116, 132, 148, 149, 151, 153, 155, 160, 
162, 163, 169, 170, 173, 186. 

Willie, 89. 

Willis, 90, 156. 

Winfield, 190. 

Zaccheus, 15. 
Zadok, 18. 
Zalmon, 60, 118. 
Zebulon, 10, 11, 24, 42. 



INTERMARRIAGES 



Abbey, 12, 99. 
Adams, 72, 87. 
Adrian, 161. 
Albright, 143, 184. 
Allen, 12, 26, 27, 51, 103. 
Allison, 19. 
Allyn, 103, 164. 
Alvord, 13. 
Amadon, 70. 
Amerman, 146. 
Ames, 17, 25, 42, 45, 48. 
Ammack, 68. 
Amos, no. 
Anderson, 99. 
Andrews, 6, 7,12. 
Armstrong, 72, 136, 141. 
Arnold, 31, 40, 57. 
Arthur, 112, 169. 
Austin, 15. 
Avery, 51, 104. 
Ayrault, 11. 

Bacot, 127, 177. 

Badger, 129. 

Bailey, 44. 

Bailie, 137. 

Baird, 47. 

Baker, 34, 63, 84, 149, 185. 

Balch, 1 1 . 

Baldwin, 106. 

Bancroft, ui. 

Barber, 44. 

Barnes, 74, 142. 

Barnum, no, 165. 

Barrett, 45, 87. 

Barsenden, 100, 103. 

Bartells, 114. 

Bartlett, 14, 15, 29. 

Barton, 89, 139. 

Bates, 14, 17, 18, 41, 72, 82, 

Beach, 13, 26. 
Beau, 25, 47. 
Beck, 150. 



Becker, 120. 

Beckley, 90, 156 

Bedartha, 45. 

Beebe, 189. 

Belcher, 24, 46. 

Belden, 18, 29, 43, 63, 68, 85 126, 176, 

177. 
Bell, 32, 157. 
Benedict, 67, 131 
Benjamin, 59, 170. ; 
Bennet, 19. 
Benton, 2, 3, 5, 
Bernard, 177. 
Bishop, 154. 
Bidleman, 109. 
Bidwell, 40, 81. 
Bigelow, 51. 
Black, 119, 190. 
Blair, 26, 49. 
Bliss, 163, 187. 
Blodgett, 29, 82, 147. 
Blood, 34, 64. 
Bloomburg, 40. 
Blossom, 118, 174. 

Bly, 57- 
Boardman, 6, 8. 

Bodurtha, 35, 70. 
Bogart, 116. 
Bohannon, 114, 172. 
Bond, 81. 

Bosworth, 54, 58, 108, 113. 
Bourbridge, 100, 163. 
Bowers, 14, 17, 32, 166, 172. 
Bowker, 34. 
Brackett, 122. 
Bradbrook, 90, 156. 
Braden, 136. 
Bradford, 18. 

Brainerd, 9, 14, 20, 30, 58, in. 
120, 139, Brandagee, 32, 42. 
Brandon, 1 10, 165. 
Brasted, 115. 
Breed, 49, 97. 
Brickey, 85, 152. 

199 



200 

Bridge, 70. 

Brightman, 83, 148. 

Brinton, iii. 

Brooks, 9, 17. 

Brown, 30, 35, 49, 56, 69. 

Brownell, 61, 121. 

Bryan, 81. 

Bryant, 64, 116, 130, 186. 

Bryce, 85. 

Buck, 34, 63, 66. 

Buckley, 6. 

Bull, 81, 147. 

BuUis, 146. 

Bunnell, 125, 176. 

Burdick, 85, 189. 

Burke, 72, 139. 

Bush, 15, 67, 132. 

Burr, 53, 106. 

Burroughs, 40, 48, 79, 94. 

Butcher, 35. 

Butler, II, 12, 23, 31. 

Byles, 90. 

Call, 88, 155. 

Callender, 15. 

Camp, 3, 22, 28, 88. 

Canfield, 136. 

Carey, 62, 123. 

Carl, 185. 

Carpenter, 18, 37, 87, 166. 

Carson, 92, 158. 

Carter, 19, 39, 64, 77, 127. 

Case, 29, loi, 164. 

Cassidy, 44. 

Chadwick, 47, 142. 

Chambers, 72, 138. 

Chapin, 39, 76. 

Chapman, 47, 92, 131. 

Chandler, 76. 

Chase, 139. 

Chatterton, 5. 

Chauncey, 7, 35, 68. 

Cheney. 

Childs, 41. 

Choate, 30, 53. 

Churchill, 6, 8, 113. *l ^-; - 

Clark, 21, 26, 30, 41, 49, 56, 

163, 185, 187. 
Clary, 19. 
Clisbee, 47, 64, 92. 



Intermarriages 



110, 122, 147, 



Clough, 70, 77, 135. 

Cobb, 8, 15. 

Coe, 22, 35, 45. 67, 86. 

Cole, II, 122. 

Coleman, 37, 72. 

Colton, 47, 90. 

Comeaux, 120, 175. 

Comstock, 40, 79. 

Cone, 51, 103. 

Cook, 12, 27, ss< 97. 106. 

Cooper, 6, 8, 9. 

Corliss, no. 

Coming, 15. 

Cornwall, 7, 12, 49, 97, 99, 161. 

Cottar, 78. 

Couch, 115. 

Cowper, 44. 

Cox, 51, 104. 

Crane, 40, 80, 180. 

Cranston, 163. 

Crawford, 88, 155 

Crill, 48, 94. 

Crocker, 146. 

Curran, 61, 120. 

Custer, 78. 

Dainoth, 109. 

Dana, 106. 

Daney, 166. 

Dann, 67. 

Dannatt, 100. 

Dans, 164. 

Darrow, 43, 46, 83, 109. 

Davis, 57, 70, 135. 

Daub, 170, 188. 

Day, 9, 17, 35. 

Daymont, 56. 

Dearth, 87, 155. 

Delancy, 162. 

Delaney, 44, 100. 

De Neen, 95, 160. 

Denison, 74, 132, 139, 178. 

Dent, 87. 

Denton, no. 

Dewey, 26. 

Dillon, 146. 

Dock, 109. 

Dodge, 78. ^ 

Dole, 72, 140. '^'^ 

Dow, 116. 



Intermarriages 



20I 



Downey, 44, 85. 

Downs, 62, 121, 122, 125, 176. 

Dudley, 60, 119, 150. 

Earl, 100. 

Eason, 72. 

Eaton, 40, 189. 

Eavens, 190. 

Edwards, 11, 15, 21, 24, 29,43, 51, 64, 129. 

Eikenberg, 57, 191. 

Eldridge, 63, 125. 

Elliot, 40, 76, 79. 

Ellis, 131, 177. 

Elmer, 142. 

Emery, 77. 

Enderling, no, 165. 

English, 39, 76. 

Evans, 68. 

Everts, 27. 

Fair, 184. 

Fairbanks, 59, 115. 

Fairgreaves, 83, 148. 

Farrer, 107. 

Fellows, 87. 

Fichliter, 93. 

Filley, 48. 

Finnegan, 140, 182. 

Finney, 47. 

Fisher, 25, 46. 

Fitch, 47, 90, 126, 142, 177. 

Fletcher, 35, 70. 

Folk, 61. 

Forbush, 48. 

Force, 189. 

Ford, 12, 25, 150. 

Foster, 25, 27, 70. 

Fox, 21, no, 165. 

Fritch, 180. 

Froman, 170. 

Frost, 45. 

Fuller, 59, 74, 142. 

Galyean, 146. 

Gardner, 63, 94. 

Garrison, 31, 57. 

George, 125. 

Gibson, 23. 

Gilbert, 22, 31, 43, 44, 57, 84. 

Gill, 31, 56, 112. 



Gillespie, 52, 104. 

Givins, 28. 

Glass, 137. 

Goodell, 45, 88. 

Goodman, 107. 

Goodrich, 8, 11, 14, 15, 22, 23, 25. 

Goodwin, 10, 54. 

Gordon, 46, 89. 

Gould, 10, 20, 91, 156. 

Gove, 60, 119. 

Graham, 17, 68, 133. 

Graves, 113. 

Gray, 36, 47, 72, 91, 142. 

Greeley, 146. 

Green, 47, 92. 

Grey, 38, 182. 

Griffith, 19, no. 

Griggs, 67: 

Grinnell, 84, 150. 

Gubb, 147. 

Guffin, 117, 174. 

Hade, 119. 
Haigh, 124. 
Haines, 44. 
Hale, 8, 15. 
Hall, 6, 7, 27, 50. 
Hallan, 69, 134. 
Halloway, 94. 
Hamilton, 27, 41. 
Hamlin, 1 1, 22, 24. 
Hammond, 124. 
Hand, 42. 
Hanlin, 22. 
Hanna, 72, 137. 
Hansell, 112. 
Harriman, 78. 
Harrington, 105. 
Harsham, 137. 
Hart, loi. 
Harter, 50. 
Harvey, 77, 142. 
Hausch, 168, 184. 
Hawkins, 181. 
Hay, 44- 
Hayes, 93, 159. 
Hecht, 54, 108. 
Heidman, 154. 
Held, 189. 
Hendrickson, 39, 79. 



202 



Intermarriages 



Herrick, 15, 62, 122. 
Hiftonstall, 181. 
Higgins, 8, 9, 17, 18, 19, 62, 123. 
Hill, 35, 68, 121, 132, 146. 
Hills, 12, 27. 
Himes, 123, 175. 
Hinkley, 115, 174. 
Hobby, 31. 
Holbrook, 56, 108. 
Hokam, 72. 
Holcomb, 23, 64, 127. 
Hollis, 113, 171. 
HoUister, 123. 
Holloway, 48. 
Holly, 148. 
Holmes, 94, 159. 
Hood, 113. 
Hopkins, 2. 3, 4. 
Hosier, 116, 173. 
Hotchkiss, 83. 
Howarth, 63, 125. 
Howe, 51, 103. 
Howell, 4, 120. 
Hubbard, 148. 
Hubbell, 137, 181. 
Hudson, 58, 77, 114. 
Hughes, 61, 120. 
Hulbert, 131. 
Hull, 57, 76. 
Hunt, 72, 106, 136, 165. 
Hunter, 85, 152. 
Hurd, 9, 19, 20, 29, 51. 

Hurlburt, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 18, 28, 29, 31, 3^, 
51, 60. 

Ireland, 113. 
Isham, 15, 30. 
Ives, loi, 164. 

Jackson, 62, 72, 122. 

James, 84, 151. 

Janes, 62. 

Jencks, 5. 

Jenkinson, 69. 

Jones, 46, 57, 58, 88, 89, 95, 123, 135, 142. 

Keefer, 59, 117. 

Kent 72. 

Kilray 76. 

King, 35, 61, 69, 86, 99, 162. 



Kirby, 6, 10, 11, 21, 22, 24, 45, 46, 82, 116, 

173- 
Knaggs, 132, 177. 
Knight, 167, 174. 
Knowles, 109. 
Kohler, loi, 164. 

Lamberton, 9. 

Lanktree, 137. 

Lathrop, 86, 153, 170. 

Latimer, 42. 

Lawrence, 85, 151. 

Lawton, 64. 

Lazelle, 12, 26. 

Leach, 22. 

Lee, 32, 58, 180. 

Leggett. 

Leithead, 63, 125. 

Leonard, 76, iii, 167. 

Levin, 39, 78. 

Lewis, 40, 48, 94. 

Lilly, 47, 90. 

Lines, 84, 150. 

Lippitt, 72, 140. 

Livermore, 76. 

Long, 48, 114, 173. 

Loomis, 30, S3, 37, 53, 59, 74. 

Lord, 40, 79, 80, 81, 145. 

Lothrop, 113. 

Lovelace, 58, 114. 

Loveland, 29. 

Lovett, 50, 100. 

Lnytens, 116. 

McArthur, 49, 96. 
McCarter, 136. 
McClintock, 59, 115. 
McCormick, 137. 
McCullough, 99. 
Mc Donald, 58. 
McDowell, 72, 136. 
McFadden, 72 137, 138, 182. 
McFayden, 89. 
McGinnis, 72. 
Mclntire, 85, 152. 
Mcjury, 109. 
McKee, 43, 84. 
McKennon, 123. 
McKenzie, 116, 119. 
McLaine, 39. 



Intermarriages 



203 



McLennan, 178. 

McMahan, 77. 

McMahon, 84, 150. 

Magill, 7, 10. 

Mallory, 34, 66, 87, 154. 

Manning, 151, 185, 186. 

Marquis, 99, 161. 

Marr, 127. 

Marshall, 41, 81. 

Martin, 83. 

Martine, 125. 

Matheson, i, 147. 

Matson, 34, 62. 

Mayhew, 19. 

Mayo, 8, 17. 

Melville, 99, 162. 

Merrie (Merrick), 9. 

Merrit, 184. 

Merry field, 59, 115. 

Merwin, 23. 

Meserve, 51. 

Metcalf, 41, 82. 

Milbum, 93, 158. 

Mildrum, 43, 83. 

Miles, 22. 

Miller, 35, 70, 76, 92, 100, 114, 123, 134, 

176, 180. 
Milne, 157. 
Mitchell, 13. 
Moffett, 124. 
Montague, 132, 178. 
Mont Fredi, 39. 
Morehouse, 67. 
Morgan, 14, 50. 
Morrison, 21, 42. 
Mould, 4, 6, 7. 
Moulthrop, 63, 125. 
Munnerlyn, 49, 98. 
Murphy, 137. 
Murray, 189. 
Myers, 72. 

Neal, 133, 178. 
Neale, 78. 
Near, 76. 

Newcomb, 57, no, 166. 
Newell, 45, 86. 
Newkirk, 44. 
Nichols, 103. 
Northrop, 122. 



Olcott, 2, 3, 4, 12, 24. 
Orcutt, 165, 188. 
Osband, 177, 188. 
Ott, 147, 185. 
Oxer, 40. 

Page, 109. 

Palmer, 79, 94, 142. 

Papson, 166. 

Parker, 28. 

Parks, 45. 

Parsons, 5, 98, 119, 161. 

Patrick, 62, 124. 

Patterson, 53, 61. 

Pattison, 43. 

Payne, 6. 

Peabody, 50. 

Pease, 28, 51. 

Peck, 148. 

Peckham, 74, 140. 

Pelton, 8, 14, 24, 30, 46, 76. 

Penfield, 8, 40, 80. 

Pepper, 78, 142. 

Perkins, 12. 

Perry, 93, 123. 

Peterson, 79, 107, 121, 145. 

Petrie, 39, 77. 

Phelps, 58, 69, 91, 122, 157. 

Pierce, 45, 86, 88, 154. 

Pinney, 46, 79, 89, 144. 

Piper, 60. 

Porter, 12, 45, 47, 50, 90, 99, 123. 

Pound, 67. 

Pramer, 85. 

Pratt, 21, 43, 124, 171, 189. 

Prentice, 70, 136, 147. 

Prescott, 28. 

Prior, 42. 

Prouty, 60, 117. 

Quail, 64. 

Ramsdell, 18. 
Randall, 114. 
Ranney, 7, 10, 11, 16, 32. 
Rasure, 113, 171. 
Rathbone, 18, 37. 
Reid, 154, 187. 
Reigh, 166. 
Renry, 37, 72. 



204 



Intermarriages 



Rexford, 33, 59. 

Reynolds, 30, 52. 

Rich, 158. 

Richards, 2, 3, 4, 5. 

Richmond, 19. 

Rickard, 72. 

Riker, 50. 

Riker, 100. 

Rise, 109. 

Rising, 87. 

Risk, 61. 

Robbins, 20, 40. 

Roberts, 44, 80, 86, no, 146, 166. 

Robinson, 47, 122. 

Robinson, 69, 134. 

Robson, 156, 

Rochty, 90, 156. 

Rockwell, 157 

Rogers, 20. 

Romine, 68, 133. 

Roome, 52, 105. 

Root, 5, 20, 41, 82. 

Ross, 87. 

Ross, 155. 

Rowe, 125. 

Rucker, 114, 172. 

Russell, 62, 76, 123. 

Saddler, 56, 109. 

Safford, 91, 157. 

Sage, 12, 13, 22, 26, 28, 44. 

Sanders, 157. 

Sanderson, 103. 

Sanford, 50, loi. 

Savage, 6, 8, 11, 23, 32, 46, 57. 

Sayles, 37, 74. 

Schemerhorn, 57. 

Schrecker, 69. 

Scranton, 47. 

Scudder, 162, 187. 

Seaman, 122. 

Sears, 19. 

Seward, 22. 

Sexton, 50, 99. 

Seymour, 61. 

Shaler, 17, 34. 

Sheldon, 20, 40, 41, 42, 95, 160. 

Shepherd, 12, 27, 42, 77, 112, 168, 183. 

Sheppard, 141. 

Sherer, 5. 



Shields, 122. 
Shippee, 93. 
Shippey 25, 47. 
Shumway, 60, 119. 
Silberthom, 157. 
Simms, 148. 
Sisson, 39, 78. 
Slaton, 142. 
Slocum, 56. 
Small, 72, 138, 139. 

Smith, 9, 12, 19, 23, 25, 34, 35, 43, 46, 47, 
63. 70. 87, 91. 93. 94. 100, 109, no, 154, 

159- 
Southmayd, 23. 
Spalding, 30, 52. 
Spencer, 13, 23, 48. 
Sperry, 35, 69. 
Spier, 153. 
Spooner, 72, 138. 
Squires, 40. 
Stafford, 69, 107. 
Stallman, 152, 186. 
Stammand, 142. 
Stannard, 28, 50. 
Stanley, 22, 24, 44. 
Stanton, 94, 160. 
Stebbins, 35, 69. 
Steele, 4. 
Stever, 116. 
Stewart, 59, no, n6. 
Stickle, 112, 168. 
Stiles, 179. 
Stillman, 30. 
Stitt, 41. 
Stone, 119. 
Storrs, 136, 180. 
Stow, 4, 6 

Strong, 16, 34, 61, 69, 135. 
Stiirge, 68, 133. 
Sutherland, 85, 105. 
Sweet, 88. 
Swift, 18. 
Snow, 158. 

Tabor, 150. 
Tackaberry, 56, 109. 
Taft, 60, 119. 
Talcott, 58, III. 
Taylor, 25, 77, 166. 
Tennant, $3, 60. 



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205 



Tenney, 103. 
Thacher. 77. 
Thayer, 37, 72. 
Thomas, 78. 
Thompson, 137, 180. 
Tinker, 77. 
Tinkham, 76. 
Tircuit, 61, 120. 
Toby, 25, 47. 
Tompkins, 74. 
Toms, 59, 116. 
Torpy, 30, 53. 
Townsend, 15. 
Trask, 35. 
Treat, 10, 21, 23. 
Trovell, 93. 
Trumbull, 80, 146. 
Tryon, 8, 14, 43, 83. 
Tucker, 61, 121. 
Turner, 5, 40, 79. 
Tyler, 63, 125. 
Tyson, 53, 105. 

Vail, 67, 189. 
Vanvalkenburg, no, 166. 
Veatch, 179. 
Veghten, 104. 
Verbeck, 116. 
Vemey, 76. 
Vroman, 113. 
Vroom, 162. 
Vrooman, 113. 
Vrooman, 116. 

Yale, 63, 106, 124, 165. 
Yeo, 94, 159. 
Young, 9, 13, 28. 

Wagar, 72, 139. 

Wakeland, 58, 113. 

Wakeman, 

Walker, 122. 

Walradt, 53, 106. 

Ward, 42, 74, 115, 140, 181. 

Warner, 24. 

Warren, 47, 93, 122, 147. 

Washburn, 8, 14. 



1 1 1, 1 16, 167. 



Waterbury, 132. 

Waterman, 84, 148. 

Watson, 56, 171. 

Weaver, 166. 

Webster, 3, 20. 

Wedge, 27. 

Weeks, 159. 

Weihe, 114, 172. 

Weir, 86, 154. 

Weller, 47-93- 

Welton, 87. 

Wessels, 98, 161. 

West, 50, 59, 99, 

Wetmore, 44. 

Wheat, 68, 132, 179. 

Wheeler, 44, 85, 162. 

Whetstone, 58. 

White, 6, 24, 44, 46, 54, 72, 85, 88, 107, 126, 

156, 176, 190. 
Whitebread, 189. 
Whiteman, 85, 151. 
Whiteside, 138. 
Whitney, 178. 
Whittlesey, 35, 68. 
Wickham, 90, 156. 
Wicks, 72, 139. 
Widdicomb, 136, 180. 
Wilcox, 7, 10, II, 14, 21, s^, 43, 83, 189. 
Wilhelm, 123, 175. 
Wilkins, 142. 
Wilkinson, 34, 59. 
Willard, 37. 
Williams, 9, 15, 18, 31, 42, 69, 82, 83, 135, 

147. 154- 
Willis, 61, 121. 
Wilson, 122. 
Winchell, 11, 22, 39, 78. 
Winchester, 50, 99. 
Winters, 85. 
Wittich, 151, 186. 
Wolcott, 57. 
Wood, 17, 3s< 59- 
Woodhull, 68, 132. 
Woodruff, 5. 
Woodside, 142, 184. 
Wright, 38, 70, 79, 166. 



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